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Apr 26 2010
Redefining Elegance
An elegant baby gift doesn’t have to be boring. At least, that’s the underlying message from Elegant Baby, a Burlington, N.C.-based vendor that can be traced back to the ’60s but has recently rebranded itself as more sexy than stodgy. Thanks in part to president and CEO Yates Hooper—the son of the founder, who came […]
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Mar 1 2010
Little Me, Big Business
“When we bought the company, we thought some of the goods were undervalued and we wanted to lower the price points,” explained division president Jeff Glick. By leveraging Mamiye’s strength in sourcing, he reported that Little Me was able to decrease its retail prices by 15 to 20 percent without taking away from—and even ultimately […]