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Retooling: Affordable Art Keeps Gallery Afloat

By Sara Clemence ⋅ 2:58 pm September 2, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

jessica-porter-raandesk-gallery-200Provenance be damned. These days the most important thing for gallery owners to master is the art of survival.

The art market—like everything else—has been in contraction for more than a year. Galleries are closing, and many are struggling.

But Jessica L. Porter, owner of a small gallery in New York City, started her business in a recession-friendly fashion. And in the downturn, she has figured out a way to keep people buying art…

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Retooling: Polishing Up a Diamond Website

By Sara Clemence ⋅ 1:47 pm August 21, 2009 ⋅ One comment

diamond-cut-big-200Turns out, diamonds aren’t quite forever. Tiffany has been hit hard by the recession, national chain Christian Bernard Jewelers shut down, and mining giant De Beers has slashed its workforce by 23 percent to cut costs.

A perfect time, thinks one company, to start expanding…

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Retooling: Shifting Gears

By Laura Rich ⋅ 1:20 pm May 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

pliers-tool-150When your industry is shrinking like Lily Tomlin in that movie, what can you do to keep your growth on track?

As a few of the victims of the Great Media Meltdown of 2008, we’re impressed by anyone who’s found a way to beat that incredible shrinking business. Andrea Miller’s story is pretty compelling.

Miller is the CEO and founder of Tango Media, which publishes YourTango.com, a website about love and relationships, with about 700,000 monthly visitors. After an early incarnation as a magazine, Tango launched as a website and, last fall, as something else altogether…

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