Lefty's

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Lefty's is a retail store on Pier 39 in San Francisco, specializing in products for left-handed people. It was opened in 2008 by Margaret Majua.{{Cite web|url=https://www.1843magazine.com/dispatches/dispatches/american-lefties-have-never-had-it-so-good|title=American lefties have never had it so good|date=2018-11-22|website=1843|access-date=2019-11-14}} However, the history of a left-handed store on Pier 39 dates back to 1975, with the opening of Left-Hand World, which closed ten years later. The product line, all designed by Majua, include stationery products, such as notebooks with the binding on the right side, and a pen which allows left-handed writers to see what they had just written without smearing it;{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2009/08/13/smallbusiness/lefts_left_hand_store.smb/index.htm|title=At Lefty's San Francisco, lefties are always right - Aug. 13, 2009|website=money.cnn.com|access-date=2019-11-14}} cooking utensils for the left hand;{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/lefty-left-handed-products-16233958.php|title=7 lefty products to make any southpaw's life way easier|last=Glass|first=Jeremy|date=June 8, 2021|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=31 October 2021}} and clothing with slogans for left-handers.{{Cite web|url=https://sfist.com/2019/05/20/the-left-handed-store/|title=The Left-Handed Store, The Olive Oil Store, and SF's 13 Best Niche Retail Shops|date=2019-05-20|website=SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports|access-date=2019-11-14}} Lefty's, which sells its products both in-store and online, is one of just a few stores for left-handed people worldwide, and currently the oldest.{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/889746/indian-entrepreneurs-are-slowly-noticing-the-untapped-market-for-left-handed-stationery|title=Indian entrepreneurs are slowly noticing the untapped market for left-handed stationery|last=Garg|first=Garima|website=Scroll.in|date=29 August 2018 |access-date=2019-11-14}}