family business

“My daughter-in-law had wanted to pursue a new opportunity,” said Irene Kesselman, who sold her previous toy store, Ali Cat Toys, in 2024. “We started talking, and she asked if I would mentor her, and I agreed to do so.”

Some 6 million businesses will either change hands over the next 10 years — or disappear altogether.

Jordan Stancil, owner of three independent movie theaters in Michigan and Illinois, went back into the movie theater business after years abroad.

Rufina Gutierrez comes from a long line of Mexican weavers. She and her daughter, who live in southern California, started a business to sell textiles made by their family in Oaxaca for purchase in the U.S.

Sisters Stevi Bell and Amanda Calhoun of Fantasy Island Toys, talk about their plans for the busiest shopping season of the year.

The Schulze family fixed appliances and home furnishings in Richmond, Texas for 82 years.

At Golding Barge Line in Vicksburg, Mississippi, volume and demand are stable, but rising prices continue to pose a challenge.

Many of the storylines reflect real-life business deals.

The once-illicit beverage has a new following.

There have been rough years before, but this year may be the toughest.