Jessica RICCI, Founder Jessica Ricci Jewelry
– When Jessica Ricci’s dream of becoming a foreign correspondent fell through, she discovered a new career while browsing flea markets. Today, her worldwide travels inspire her unique handcrafted jewelry designs.
Robin and KC CULVER, Founders, About Curves
With the average American woman wearing a size 16, the selection of sexy, plus size lingerie just got better!Robin and KC Culver created their business around their needs, a market void and a desire to work together. The mother-daughter duo now run an online store offering the largest selection of plus size lingerie.
TARA ABRAHAM, Founder and CEO, Accel, Inc.
When Limited Brands is your first (and most loyal) customer, you’re doing something right. Tara Abraham knows how to package success.
KIM SEYBERT, Founder and President, Kim Seybert
After spending ten years on Seventh Avenue, five of those as a designer of beaded cocktail and evening dresses, Kim Seybert shifted her design sensibilities from the bedroom closet to the dining room table. Now she serves up elegant placemats, napkins and home accessories for everyday living.
Featured Lady Alicia Vargo launched Pampered Passions after a poor experience at a leading lingerie retailer. Her mission to create a shopping experience that nurtures the female spirit resulted in her being
Former flight attendant Sandy Stein’s solution to digging for keys in her purse took off with Finders Key Purse®.”
Featured Lady Cause Haun founded See Kai Run in 2004 when she couldn’t find modern, stylish, flexible shoes for her one year-old son. Now a multi-million dollar company doing business globally, See Kai Run gives back by providing thousands of pairs of shoes to children who lack footwear. Cause’s shoes have appeared in Inc. Magazine, Parents, Fit Pregnancy and People, as well as on the feet of celebrity babies.
Read our profile about how Jenn Bilik, founder and owner of Knock Knock, turned her love of writing and design into a multi-million dollar business.
When Julie Dix and Danielle Ayotte launched Taggies in 1999, they had no idea how much their concept would aid in children’s social and emotional development…
Nancy Taylor, a former VP of Neiman Marcus, is transforming the shop-for-a-cause experience by launching Gifts that Give, a business that returns a generous 20 percent of the cost of all purchased items back to the non-profit.