HANOVER, N.H. – The owner of two local retail mainstays, Rare Essentials and Essentials for Men, said today that she will sell both businesses’ entire inventories and close their doors. “Someone once said, ‘Nothing lasts forever. That’s the easiest lesson we all learn in the hardest way.’ They were absolutely right. I’ve loved every day […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Leibowitz Fine Menswear, one of the city’s century-plus businesses, is making a move to a new home after 27 years in Eastridge Village, owner Mark Antle said today. “It’s the right time, really. We have a wonderful new opportunity to go to the mall. It’s a healthy retail environment and it’s […]
URBANDALE — A WHO-TV story featured the latest class of Puppy Jake Foundation service dogs in training was featured on WHO-TV today as they put their paws and tails into action to apply paint to canvas for an upcoming fundraiser. While individual paintings were done by most of the 23 dogs currently in training, the […]
The success of the family that owns and operates Michigan’s largest onion growing and packing business is the subject of Eric Woolson’s March-April 2015 Onion World magazine story, “Doing What They Like Most Pays Off for VanSingels.”
MANKATO, Minn. — Moving a short way across town is expected to go a long way toward helping Graif Clothing expand both its business and brands, co-owner Randy Appel said today. The Mankato retail mainstay, which has been located in downtown Mankato for 91 years and in its current location at 5 Civic Center Plaza […]
Eric Woolson, president and CEO of The Concept Works, is a finalist for the Western Publishing Association’s 2015 MAGGIE Award for Best News Story/Trade for his article “To Mandate or Not?” that appeared in the May 2014 issue of School Transportation News. The story is about Minnesota’s decision to become the latest state to require […]
The February issue of Onion World magazine features Eric Woolson’s latest article, which tells the great American success story of Delbert Bland and his family. It begins, “Some might chalk up the extraordinary growth of Bland Farms to simply being in the right place at the right time, but they’d be selling short the skills, […]
DES MOINES — At least four potential and likely presidential candidates have confirmed their participation in the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators’ eighth annual “Homeschool Day at the Capitol” on Thursday, April 9. “We’ve invited a number of Christian conservatives to hear from Iowa’s home educators about issues that concern us and share their […]
Eric Woolson’s latest article in School Transportation News magazine is all about location intelligence. Appearing in the January issue of STN, the story begins, “When Peter Crossan thinks about what location intelligence can do, he thinks about a long line of double-parked buses disappearing from a crowded street outside any one of the Boston Public […]
Des Moines Register columnist Daniel Finney tells the story of an alliance between the Des Moines Public Schools’ fashion design and merchandise class and the Des Moines Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to “upcycle” donated clothing. The class, St. Vincent de Paul’s retail staff and Rachel Link, an account manager with […]
