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Consumer Products
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Guiding light
How Cory Meyer got everyone at Catalina Lighting to challenge the way it does business
Four days after Cory Meyer took over Catalina Lighting Inc. in
2006, he stood before the entire company and told them a grim
truth about the strug...
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Designer’s challenge
How George Feldenkreis motivates employees to push Perry Ellis International to the next level
When George Feldenkreis fled Cuba in 1961, he arrived in Miami
with just $700 in his pocket and a vision for how to make it in
America.
Today, Fe...
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Taking risks
How Eric Schigiel followed his instincts to turn Opustone Granite & Marble Distributors into a success
In 2001, when Eric Schigiel founded Opustone Granite & Marble
Distributors in Miami, he ran the business with the bold enthusiasm
of an in...
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Smoking gun
How Vidal Suriel takes calculated risks to keep General Tobacco in the fight with industry giants
“You’re crazy.” That’s what Vidal Suriel heard when he told his executive vice president that General Tobacco was going to call the National
A...
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Frank K. Sterns
President, Niles Audio
Three years ago, Frank K. Sterns was promoted to executive vice president of Niles Audio Corp. and was asked to position the company for sale. T...
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Company overhaul
A merger and production problem forced Applica Inc.’s Harry Schulman to retool a failing business model.
It was a marriage made in heaven.
Windemere Durable Holdings Inc. had a solid foothold in the low-cost manufacturing of products, but it lacked a br...
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