It's all in the family at Hobo International—a popular handbag company based in Annapolis.
Koren Ray Brewer's brain is deep in spring this February afternoon—spring 2009.
The senior vice president of merchandising and marketing for Hobo International handbags is in her office taking a...
The subprime mess hasn't spared Baltimore, but local banks have (mostly) limited their exposure.
Hey, it could be worse.
Sure, home sales are down, foreclosures are up, and some homebuilders are starting to default on loans. As the third quarter wrapped up in October, it was clear that...
Need a top-secret part for your top-secret project? Fleck Machine Company will make it, no questions asked.
It's not the sexiest secret component ever: just a tiny aluminum rivet that sits on a fingertip. Yet neither the man who made it, nor his boss, nor the manufacturing company's owner, has any idea...
Why did the area’s only Maserati-Lamborghini dealership set up shop along a humble stretch of York Road?
The York Road corridor between Timonium and North Baltimore isn't exactly Rodeo Drive or Park Avenue. Still, there's plenty of fast food, liquor stores, and the Maryland State Fairgrounds, which...
The first thing that hits you at the new Fresh Market (2510 Quarry Lake Drive, 410-580-1930) is the music: Unlike your normal grocery store's soundtrack of Muzak or classic pop, the sound system...
For over 35 years, C-Mart has been a retail anomaly, a family-run shop that has developed a cult following to rival NASCAR. So when word spread that this venerable institution, famed for deeply...
Two java mavens are proving that local coffeeshops can work—even in the country.
At nine in the morning on a Saturday in July, the cars are lining up in long rows outside an old gas station on York Road in Sparks. But the cars' owners are waiting for fuel of a different kind:...
One nonprofit helps clients make a great impression.
Who doesn't love a good makeover? And when a makeover literally changes a person's life for the better, the results are all the more impressive. Jo Ann Holback sees these kinds of results all the...
Charm City’s newest magazine is strictly for the dogs.
If you can judge a city's health by its specialty publications, Baltimore's doing pretty darn well. The city's recently seen an influx of new titles about everything from clubbing to shopping; the...
Dave and Lauretta Buscher’s five kids couldn’t inherit the family business—so they each started their own.
This is the story of a dad, his wife, their five sons (and five spouses), their seven grandchildren, and $50 million dollars. It has all the elements of a gripping modern day drama—money, family,...
