Beth Staula and Sherry Hartley started talking about creating a business that would sell Alabama-made goods after serving together on a women’s executive roundtable in 2006. They each were in the process of selling their businesses and deciding what to…
Ken is no socks and no tie. JL is full suit. JL plans, organizes and can measure to perfection. Ken is a self-proclaimed spontaneous, nonconformist. Both are pocket square- or handkerchief-in-the-jacket-pocket kind of guys. Like the merchandise they carry in…
FOR 81 YEARS, THE MASSEY FAMILY HAS BEEN PROVIDING CLEANING SERVICES TO THE GREATER MONTGOMERY AREA Brothers Jim and John Massey are on a mission to help the River Region “live life cleaner.” It is a mission that began…
Selma native Mandy Henry is a real estate agent and developer, a licensed home builder specializing in renovations and a retail store owner. “Mandy Henry believes in Selma, the Queen City of the Black Belt,” said Sheryl Smedley, executive director…
Jodie Stanfield has been in the restaurant business for 37 years. He spent the first two decades of his career with casual dining chains TGI Fridays, LongHorn Steakhouse and Applebee’s, mostly in the Birmingham market. He worked his way through…
Alex Gatewood initially came to Tuscaloosa to go to graduate school at The University of Alabama. Instead, he put his marketing and retailing undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University to work immediately. He entered a management training program for Pizitz,…
“Leaf & Petal is just a miracle,” proprietor Jamie Pursell said. “I don’t even know how it works. It has grown into something so much bigger than me.” Jamie made those remarks in 2019 after being named the Gold Alabama…
High school sweethearts Bit and Lisa Goodman have been married 41 years and business partners for 23. “I don’t remember life before him,” said Lisa, who has lived in Florence since she was five. Her husband, Charles “Bit” Goodman is…
“Without fail,” the gowns and other delicates in the window are changed out weekly at The Lingerie Shoppe on busy Montevallo Road in Mountain Brook. “We have customers who come in looking for merchandise they saw in the window,” even…
In 2016, Reed and Karen Ingram were empty nesters with time and energy to spare. Reed had an idea that had been percolating for some time. “It just started off as a thought of doing a fruit stand, selling fresh…