Mary Osterman, Neighbor

Hello and Welcome to Copacetic, 409 Main St in downtown Racine and 259 W. Main St in downtown Waukesha! We are a family owned business. My husband Monte, our daughter Emily and son Tommy and I created Copacetic.  

Here’s our story.

Monte loves to wear hats. He wanted to buy a hat and looked everywhere, with no luck, to find one. Being of a creative, enthusiastic spirit, we decided to open a hat store. While on vacation back home in Indiana, Emily bought Daddy MO a Life is good PB&J T-shirt. (To this day is still his favorite T-Shirt.) We really liked the Life is good line and upon researching the company, discovered we shared similar views about life and optimism. We decided to carry the entire Life is good line at Copacetic.

We chose the name Copacetic because it means “Everything is satisfactory, all is in order, life is good!” "Everything is Copacetic!" is a phrase previous generations who wore hats would say when expressing that everything is as it should be. We also felt it was a good name for a downtown shop. Emily came up with “Look Good Feel Happy” as our tag line because she thought that is how our customers would feel when shopping at Copacetic. So far she’s been right!

Our product line has grown to include hats and caps for the whole family in many fashions for every season. We also now carry accessories of belts, neck ties, wallets, lip balm, band-less earmuffs, scarves, mittens, slippers,  Smartwool socks and Buff multifunctional headwear.

We opened our first store in downtown Racine on July 2, 2004. We’ve learned a lot since then, mostly that we love our customers and want to treat them such that they will want to come back again and again. Ironically, we raised the flag on our second Copacetic in downtown Waukesha on July 2, 2012 at 12:20pm !

Our family is very active in making events happen with our business neighbors in downtown and our community. Downtown small business is vibrant and has a lot to offer to a population that longs as much for relationship as good merchandise. There is a lot of passion in the merchants for all our customers. All are welcome!

We are Monte and Mary Osterman. We come from a background of customer service that we and our staff offer you service and product knowledge. We have an optimistic, positive attitudes and a quality product. We ask for your business and referral to your friends and family. Come see us.