LAS VEGAS – At a recent trade show, Alison Wainwright saw a familiar face. What she felt surprised her. “You know when your heart skips a beat and you’re like, ‘Oh my god, I know that person?’ I had ...

Mannequins. What a bunch of dummies. Beauties, sure, but no brains. Biologically challenged. All they do is stand around. And they’re poor conversationalists to boot, especially when they don’t have ...

When Judi Henderson-Townsend first started her mannequin supply business, she found that many retailers would simply throw mannequins into the dumpster when they outlived their usefulness. But ...

Editor’s note: This tour of small businesses across the country highlights the imagination, diversity, and resilience of American enterprise. “It ended up being a huge promotion,” she says. “People ...

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Take one look inside businessman Dennis Gotthard’s warehouse in Dickinson Township and you’ll probably conclude he works well with people. Plastic people, that is. Or sometimes wooden. Gotthard is in ...