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January 5, 2022

How these New Jersey retailers use profits to keep delayed customers happy

Interior designers Miriam Silver Verga and Hillary Kaplan of Mimi & Hill discuss their pop-up in Westfield, New Jersey, as well as the death of retail, the mango bowls everyone loves, and the agony of selling off their vintage wares.

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December 8, 2021

This fifth-generation NYC shop owner is balancing tradition with change

Mei Lum grew up inside her family’s business, New York City’s iconic Chinatown home store Wing on Wo. Here, she explains how she’s adapting the store to survive gentrification, COVID-19, and whatever comes next.

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November 24, 2021

Why this Indiana shop owner is hell-bent on diversifying her business

In Business of Home’s series Shop Talk, we chat with owners of home furnishings stores across the country to hear about their hard-won lessons and their challenges. This week, designer and shop owner Amanda Lantz discusses taking over the design firm of her father, Barry Lantz, and expanding it to a store in Carmel, Indiana.

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November 10, 2021

This Philadelphia shop owner thinks the future of retail is multiuse spaces

Shannon Maldonado of the Philadelphia shop Yowie discusses favorite vendors, the secret pleasure of packing orders, and plans to expand into hospitality in 2022.

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October 27, 2021

This Hamptons shop owner has found new methods of sourcing in the pandemic

Designer Michael Del Piero discusses the oasis of neutral furnishings she maintains in Wainscott, NY, and how she balances the store with her design firm.

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October 13, 2021

This ‘frustrated set designer’ opened the most dramatic design store in Houston

Designer Dennis Brackeen talks about his Houston interiors store, Moxie, a jaw-dropping space in a black-and-white palette offset by gilded frames and glittering chandeliers.

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September 29, 2021

This Florida shop owner won’t pander to the beachy aesthetic

Pensacola, Florida–based designer Cheryl Kees Clendenon discusses her store, 1514 Home, which is tucked inside a 1910 bungalow and packed with vintage barware, paper memorabilia and a lifetime of hard-won lessons.

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September 1, 2021

This Charlotte shop owner wishes customers would give navy blue a rest

Self-described “huntress” Ariene Bethea discusses her shop and design business, Dressing Room Interiors Studio in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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August 18, 2021

How an Oregon designer opened a store dedicated to the future of work

In a new series, Business of Home chats with home store owners across the country about their biggest challenges, beloved vendors and more. This week, it’s Brittney Herrera of Wildwood House in Portland, Oregon.

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August 4, 2021

Why these Atlanta store owners are all about healthy competition

In a new series, Business of Home chats with home store owners across the country about their biggest challenges, beloved vendors and more. First up are Milton Roberts and Greg Ashby of Interiors Market in Atlanta.

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