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Make Your Customers Fall in Love With Your Small Business

In February, love is in the air.After all, February contains Valentine's Day, American Heart Month, even Love Your Pet Day. But for small-business owners and entrepreneurs, I'm declaring February as Love Your Customers Month.Getting and... more »

Gift Store Offers Unique Service

Weirton, WV - It's a gift store with a bit of a twist.Bee-Thin and Gifts held a grand opening Friday, welcoming local business representatives and other guests to peruse the variety of gifts and other... more »

Business Profile: Ladies Go out on a Limb With New Venture

Anderson, IN - A love of art, home décor and decorating drew three high school friends together, but their passion for painting, fixing up, creating and crafting is the driving force behind one of Anderson’s... more »

My Kentucky Roads: Poppy & Clover

Dalton, KY - Located on the corner of Government and Dalton Road outside Providence, Ky., lies a 90-year-old general store that is now known as Poppy & Clover.“The name came from my grandfather, my mom’s... more »

Downtown Vallejo Shop Offers Garden Decor

Vallejo, CA - As the saying goes everything returns to the earth; and a guiding principle in a new downtown Vallejo gardening shop is that you may as well savor the beauty as it does.The... more »

At The Portsmouth Shop, Family Business Includes the Customers

Portsmouth, RI - When the folks who run The Portsmouth Shop on East Main Road say they love their customers like family, they mean it.When Sarah Zlydaszek, daughter of JoAnn Ryder, had a baby, her... more »

Craft Shop Just Off I-24 Has One-of-a-Kind Items

Manchester, TN - In a world where so much of what we see for sale is one-use throwaway items or mass-produced plastic “things,” it is a breath of fresh air to see the kinds of... more »

Yorkville Flower Shop Owners Celebrate a Dozen Years in Family-Run Business

Yorkville, IL - It was almost 12 years ago that Susan Parker’s husband talked her into buying the Yorkville Flower Shop.At the time, she had worked there about three years selling crafts she made, and... more »

Princess Boutique Offers Stylish Fashions, Service

Lutz, FL - At Lutz' Princess Boutique, women can find two things that are hard to come by in department stores or mall shops: unique stylish fashions and personalized customer service.Owner Debi Fitzgerald had a... more »

Plain Jaynes Gift Shop is Areas New Hidden Treasure

South Buffalo, NY - New to the neighborhood, Plain Jayne’s Gift Shop is anything but ordinary. The small shop that’s big on personality has everything you would need for your gift giving and celebration needs.... more »