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Navigating Canadian market challenges

August 1st, 2025

A hybrid frame tent from Fiesta Tents’ Legacy series that was built on a floating dock for a wedding (right) and a clearspan reception tent from its Solar System line. Image: Fiesta Tents As of this writing, most Canadian textile manufacturers whose goods are included in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) haven’t been directly affected […]

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Sophisticated, simple succession strategies protect your business

September 26th, 2017

Larry Oxenham, senior advisor with the American Society for Asset Protection, says small business owners should ask themselves one question: If something were to happen to me today, what would happen to my company? “Every small business will pass on eventually,” says Oxenham, “either voluntarily or involuntarily.” He says that most successful businesses are built […]

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Taking a shade and awning business to the next level

June 1st, 2017

“Last year was our best year, and we’re at another point of growth right now,” says Cheryl Yennaco, owner and general manager of Melrose, Mass.-based Atlantic Awnings. “That growth started when we decided to clean house and rebuild the business. It wasn’t easy but it was worth it, and at this moment we have the […]

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