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Putting Marketing Trends on Small-Business Radar

For small businesses, few issues are as important as marketing.You have to find and keep customers if you’re going to stay in business, but few aspects of business change as quickly as marketing today. Every... more »

Minnie’s Shabby Chiq Boutique Gives Used Furniture a Second Chance

Knoxville, TN - The black and pink sign on North Broadway is an introduction to what's inside Minnie's Shabby Chiq Boutique. That's chiq with a Q.Owner Minnie Hall described it as, "It's a girly girly... more »

Good Cause Gifts Celebrates Its Grand Opening This Week in Berlin

Berlin, CT - Good Cause Gifts celebrates the grand opening of its new location on Main Street next week.The shop, with the help of an economic development grant, purchased the building at 384 Main St.... more »

Lisa Cox’s New Garden Spot in Yountville

Yountville, CA - Spurred by a longstanding love of the Napa Valley and a recently renewed lust for life, Lisa Cox has opened a new gift store in Yountville’s Piazza Quercia shopping area.Opened in August,... more »

Years of Experience Have Chad Johnson ready to Run the Sweet Shop

La Crosse, WI - Like other lifelong North Siders, Chad Johnson spent his childhood and every extra quarter at The Sweet Shop. At 15, owner Bill Espe offered him a part-time job.That was 15 years... more »

Hastings’ Charmed Gift Shop Celebrates First Anniversary

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY - Taresa Caruso's gift shop, Charmed, is a tiny treasure chest filled with candies, trinkets, accessories and jewelry nestled on busy Main Street in Hastings-on-Hudson.Caruso was raised and attended school in the village... more »

Thriving Shop Bucks the High Street Trend

Yarmouth, UK - Like his father before him, Marty Rice has been running shops in Great Yarmouth his whole working life. And while high street stores across the UK struggle against competition and changing consumer... more »

“Polished” To Celebrate First Anniversary

Branford, CT - Patch spoke to Lisa Feniola, owner of Polished Boutique in Branford, about her one-year-old business, what they are doing for their anniversary, and what makes running a business in town so special.... more »

Recycled and Re-Purposed Shop Opens on Route 1

Lewes, DE - The old barn on Route 1 that formerly housed a battery store has been recycled once again into Salvaged Vintage Furnishings and Decor, a new business where owner Brynn Byerly works with... more »

Yorkshire Sweet Shop Officially ‘Oldest in the World’

Pateley Bridge, UK - The high street store, called the Oldest Sweet Shop, has been selling sweets in the market town of Pateley Bridge since 1827.Former bank manager Keith Tordoff, 58, who bought the business... more »