Family Business Succession Strategies

By Jamie Swedberg, Industrial Fabric Products Review Think a company´s fortunes have to rise and fall with the local economy? Rubbish, says O´Brian Mfg. With its tin-roofed houses, fragrant pine woods, and abundant barbecue joints, Wilson, N.C., still evokes images of the Old South. But O´Brian Mfg. Co., an industrial-fabrics firm located just off Highway [...]

Customers embrace upscale clothing retailer´s high-touch strategy. The retail environment poses many customer-relationship challenges. High employee turnover and one-time customers are just two of the hurdles facing retailers trying to implement customer-centric strategies. But one Connecticut-based clothing retailer is overcoming these obstacles using one-to-one principles to boost its share of customer and keep its Most [...]