Sea Bright, NJ - After a rough off-season that included severe damage from Hurricane Sandy, the owners of Sea Bright’s Angler’s Marina & Beach Boutique, Fred Leonardis and his wife, Elizabeth, worked hard to reopen their Ocean Avenue shop.

“My husband has always believed that we are in a service business, a seasonal business, and that we need to be here for our customers,” said Elizabeth. “So we take that very seriously.” Read more...

Mount Holly, PA - Burlington County and its partners are open for business.

Officials are ready to roll out their buy-local campaign to promote county businesses, including downtown Main Street shopping centers and other stores, restaurants and service providers that want local customers to spend their dollars close to home. Read more...

Oxford, KS - Many locally-owned businesses are trying to reinvent themselves as the economy changes. One of the newer techniques is to have a cash mob that encourages people to come together on a certain day to shop local. Read more...

Chepachet, RI - Elizabeth Yuill, owner and shopkeeper of the historic Brown & Hopkins Country Store in Chepachet, has been named by the U.S. Small Business Administration as one of its 2013 Rhode Island small-business award winners.

Yuill and other recipients of the SBA awards will be honored during the annual Rhode Island Salute to Small Business luncheon on June 12 at the Alpine Country Club in Cranston. Read more...

Springfield, IL - You can tell just by looking at the storefront that Penny Lane is different than other Springfield gift shops.

Look there, in the window is a remote-controlled zombie doll. And a “Hippies Use Back Door” sign. And sparkly crystals, feathery dreamcatchers and a Bob Marley poster. The blue-edged mortar on part of the nearly block-long complex is artistically oozing out of the bricks it holds together. Read more...

Hattiesburg, MS - If anyone was at Click Boutique on April 27, 2011, they would have thought they were on the set of the popular AMC series “Mad Men.”

The show is based on a 1960s New York City advertising agency and the mod fashion of the time is a definite source of inspiration for the Hattiesburg women’s clothing store that hosted the masquerade theme party, complete with mock cigarettes, beehive hair and cocktails. Read more...

Boston, MA - There is nothing quite as magical and charming as rural New England, and Zoe Zilian, founder of Farmhouse Pottery, can help to bring a little bit of that authentic rustic feel to your home with her stoneware pottery and garden-inspired apothecary collection. Read more...

Sumrall, MS - If you’re having trouble finding gifts with that personal touch, look no further than Tracey Miller.

A Sumrall resident, Miller has been doing arts and crafts as a hobby for as long as she can remember. Read more...

Overton, NV - The flower shop in downtown Overton has opened again. Now called “The Front Porch”, the little shop opened on Friday, May 10.

The shop is filled with simple country charm. The display shelving is not typical retail fare, but rather it is rustic and homely furniture. The store is filled with simple little surprises; treasures that are on sale as gift items, home decor and fashion accessories. Read more...

Sidney, MT - Although it began as a Christmas store, the Caring Corner Gift Shop at Sidney Health Center has evolved to be a very unique boutique style store with a good cause.

Started by Kay Ashcraft, the Christmas store was originally run out of a small office but became so popular it quickly grew to offer more than just Christmas stuff. Read more...