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Kaitlin Menza
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June 18, 2025
This California retailer knows how to get 30-year-olds to buy antiques
Dina Litt, co-owner of the Litt Concept House in Sherman Oaks, chats about the challenges of financing inventory upfront, why she’s generally underwhelmed by the current furniture market, and how coffee is a vehicle to get younger people to buy antiques.
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June 4, 2025
This Tulsa retailer has a pep talk for the economic downturn
Tracy Lorton Salisbury, owner of home goods store TA Lorton, has been in the business since the 1980s—she shares her advice for weathering ups and downs, why to always stock big-ticket items and why designers must value their own eye.
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April 9, 2025
Pierce & Ward started off with a dream of retail
Emily Ward, co-founder of Los Angeles design firm and boutique Pierce & Ward, talks about the brand’s evolution from celebrity projects to its new West Elm collaboration.
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March 12, 2025
This Portland retailer just wants to make designers’ lives easier
We spoke with Joelle Nesen, the Portland, Oregon–based president and lead designer of Maison Inc. and the Shop at Maison who discusses what finally gave her the push, the aspect of her business that provokes chest pains and her vision for building out a design district in Portland.
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February 12, 2025
This Nashville retailer believes every room needs an antique
The namesake owner of Debbie Mathews Antiques & Designs discusses her antiques niche, how her business has changed with the technological whims of the industry (or not!), and why she’s still not tired of the hunt after all these years.
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