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New Business Opens in Frontier

Frontier, AB - Frontier entrepreneur Val Hagen has always admired her mother's love of handwork sewing and craft.So she decided to make her latest venture, The Corner Closet, a tribute of sorts to her mother's... more »

Local Sports Fan Turns Passion into a Chicago-Based Sports Retail Shop

Westchester, IL - Can't get enough of your favorite Chicago sports team? Hometown Sports and Novelties in Westchester can help deck out your wardrobe or accessorize almost anything with their extensive collection of Chicago sports... more »

Purse Store Opens at Columbia Mall

Grand Forks, ND - Purses of every color hang on the wall of a new boutique that has opened in Grand Forks' Columbia Mall.Elegant Lady, owned by Marina Nerby, 29, opened Nov. 19 near the... more »

Sidmouth Shops Fare Well this Christmas

Sidmouth, UK - MILD weather and lack of town centre road closures helped make Christmas 2011 a better one for Sidmouth's shopkeepers.Last year's snow and gas pipe replacement road closures caused grief among many traders,... more »

Striking Oil, Olive Oil, on Main Street

Gloucester, MA - Gloucester has not seen anything quite like the rows of gleaming "fusti" decanters towering above the shining copper counters at Main Street's new Cape Ann Olive Oil Company.Imported from Italy, the 56... more »

Local Quilt Shop Continues Traditional Hobby Long Into 21st Century

Howell, NJ - Walking into the Mouse Creek Quilt Shop it is almost impossible to not be overwhelmed by the variety of fabric the relatively small shop offers.Looking around her shop, owner Claire Berg said... more »

She Knows How to Start a Business and Help Others

Charlotte, NC - Reinvention isn't a scary term for Ballantyne entrepreneur Holly Bretschneider.In fact, shifting focus and adapting has proven to be a successful business strategy for this California transplant.Bretschneider, 47, gave up her high-powered... more »

Carriage Creek is a Local Gift and Craft Shop That Has a Rich History in the Syracuse Area

Syracuse, NY - It's not new, in the scheme of things, but it might be new to you. Check out Carriage Creek, a gift and coffee shop in the Kirkville/North Manlius flats. Carriage Creek has... more »

Under one Roof: Mahalo and The Paisley Pig Boutique

Catskill, NY - Success is measured in many ways, but one local business owner measures it in knowledge of her community and the people who live in it.Operating since 2008, Mahalo, a gifts, accessories and... more »

La Jolla’s Sweet Papers on Move

La Jolla, CA - Local stationery boutique Sweet Paper has relocated to the Village Corner shopping center at the corner of Fay and Kline. "The space was just too perfect to pass up," said Julie... more »