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February 1, 2023

This Charleston shop owner was shocked by the rules of the Southeast

Sarah-Hamlin Hastings, owner of Charleston, South Carolina, boutique Fritz Porter, discusses the surprising challenges of the regional market.

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January 18, 2023

This Austin shop owner cultivates a personal touch with e-comm shoppers

Interior designer and retail owner Laura Pankonien of Austin discusses overcoming the challenges of opening her shop, Bleu by TPG, during a pandemic.

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January 4, 2023

This Hudson, New York, retailer says there’s never been a better time to be a small business

Interior designer and home-goods store owner Michael Cox of Foley&Cox discusses his town’s wild three years, as well as his hunting genes and why he loves a browsing day-tripper.

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December 21, 2022

This Nebraska retailer would rather be a tugboat than the Titanic

Nebraska-based interior designer and retailer Lorele Lesoing discusses how she balances all arms of her business and why being a small retailer gave Lee Douglas the inventory advantage over big-boxers.

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December 7, 2022

This Venice Beach retailer sold out the store her first day in business

With a new book out now, interior designer Lizzie McGraw of the shop Tumbleweed & Dandelion looks back at 25 years in business on the famed Abbot Kinney Boulevard.

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November 23, 2022

This Georgia shop wound up paying for itself—and the launch of a design studio

Meghan Basinger, the owner of interior design studio and retail shop Stevie Interiors, discusses her unconventional career and how she’s carved out a space in Atlanta’s crowded decor market.

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November 9, 2022

This retail owner is modifying European style for the Southeast market

Merchandise expert and founder of EtúHome Stacy Borocz explains how she built a thriving vertical business in Hungary importing and modifying European antiques before finally opening decor shops in Atlanta and Charleston.

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October 26, 2022

This Houston shop owner begs the next generation to pick up a craft

Suzanne Duin, the interior designer and owner behind Houston antiques and accessories shop Maison Maison, discusses being a member of the “touch-feel” society, catering to the trade and worrying about the future of custom lampshades.

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October 12, 2022

These former Nike executives opened their fantasy store near a Wisconsin lake

Kelly Tweeden and Michael Shea, the husband-and-wife duo behind Harbour Honest Goods, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, discuss how their backgrounds in product and retail design prepared them for the ups and downs of small-town retail.

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September 22, 2022

This Charlotte store owner’s strategy: adapt or die

Since 1980, interior designer Cindy Smith has operated Circa Interiors & Antiques in Charlotte as a mecca of European antiques.

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