Bloomfied Hills resident Loren Weiner isn’t just passionate about mid-century modern design. She jokes she was reincarnated from the 1950s. “It’s been my passion since before I was born,” Weiner said.

Opening a boutique consignment store is an ideal way to indulge a love for fashion, jewelry and collectibles in a potentially lucrative business. If you have a flair for design and display as well as ...

Karen Goldberg has had her fingers in a lot of pies over the 28 years she’s lived in Mill Valley, including her popular Mill Valley pizza parlor, Tamalpie. Now, in a departure from her eatery history, ...

Buying furniture straight from the showroom floor is easy: You pay the listed price and it arrives at your house looking flawless and new. Consignment shopping, meanwhile, can feel like a risk or an ...

When Ann Siner opened her first store 30 years ago, she recalls that a lot of people didn't want to admit that they shopped secondhand. The perception of resale outlets was that of tired, dusty stores ...

Night has fallen on 10th Street. Just as with many other longtime small-business owners in Naples' Central Avenue area recently, entrepreneur Susan A. Thomas locks the doors to her emptied consignment ...