Livia Cowan- The Business Magnate

Livia Cowan: Industry Retail Leader in Sustainability and High Design Creating Handcrafted Gifts and Tableware at Mariposa

Did you know that the retail industry in the USA is one of the largest employers? Every retail business, company, and organization creates millions of jobs for people providing them with numerous opportunities in sectors like marketing, sales, customer service, shopping experience, etcetera.  With the drive towards a more sustainable future, almost every business sector and enterprise today is adopting and integrating sustainability and eco-friendly practices into their core operations. Organizations are transitioning to implementing, promoting, and encouraging consumers and other retailers to start this environmentally conscious initiative by reducing waste, and using sustainable and recyclable materials and biodegradable packaging. ...

Amish Tolia- The Business Magnate

Amish Tolia: Redefining the Retail Platform for Modern Brands with Data, Systems, and Scale at LEAP Inc

Technology plays a very essential role in the retail and e-commerce industry. With Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Software and Hardware, POS Devices, Machine Learning, and Automation, the use and integration of advanced technology brings a company’s operations to the next level.   The management of inventory, shopping experience, customer service, payouts, forecasting, etcetera places AI and Analytics at the forefront of the current trends in the retail industry.    Several companies and businesses around the world face challenges in establishing their brands in or around locations that dive up more customer visibility and brand awareness. The supply chain management may also...

Nancy Bogart- The Business Magnate

Nancy Bogart: Woman-Owned Skincare and Wellness Solutions Brand with Organic Ingredients at Jordan Essentials

Did you know that your skin is the largest organ of the human body, by surface area? Yes! Not only does the skin serve as a protective barrier against the external environment from pollution, dirt, and germs, but it also serves as a sensory organ, and stores Vitamin D from the sun, among other benefits. As much as we eat green and safe food products to stay healthy and clean on the inside, it is equally important to take care of our outer layers - our skin.  Taking the time to use the right products and food helps improve the...

Alicia Grande- The Business Magnate

Alicia Grande: Invoking Glamour and Formulating Cosmetics-with-Benefits at Grande Cosmetics

Beauty and looks are a huge deciding factor today, however unhealthy. Even though several people are not that fixated or interested in their looks or how others look, people’s self-esteem, perceptions, and body image are swayed. Be it to ‘hide’ or ‘cover’ oneself from their ‘imperfections’ and ‘flaws’, the evolution of manufacturing, formulating, and producing different types and kinds of cosmetics in the industry and using these beauty products, has garnered a massive following.  Influential people in the entertainment and media industry who hold a face and recognition among a crowd of people, like movie stars, singers, authors, directors, and...

Jeffrey McGuane- The Business Magnate

Jeffrey McGuane: Recentering Fox Racing as an Integrated Marketplace Brand for Performance and Lifestyle Supporting the Riders’ Community

Did you know that riders need proper and complete riding gear and apparel? Yes, be it for cyclists, mountain bikers, or motocross athletes and enthusiasts, riders need to be fully equipped with specifically designed gear, accessories, and clothing and apparel to comfortably ride, shield, and protect themselves from possible accidents and injuries.  Motocross or MX sports is an off-road motorcycling sport that requires its riders to ride on rough courses that are uneven like gravel, sandy, or muddy. This is a dangerous sport and only professional riders are seen indulging and participating in such off-road course rides. Therefore the need...

Suzanne Lerner- The Business Magnate

Suzanne Lerner: Woman-Led Fashion and Apparel Retail by Entrepreneurial Activist at Michael Stars

Did you know that the fashion and apparel retail industry is worth 1.3 trillion dollars on an annual basis? That is indeed a lot of money.  But naturally, this comes with the increasing fast fashion trends in the market and overpopulation in the world. However, it has come to light that fast fashion trends make up about 10% of the world’s carbon emissions and pollution in the air, water, and land.  To address this growing global environmental and socioeconomic problem, the fashion retail industry has adopted sustainability initiatives and practices that cut down on carbon footprints and CO2 emissions and...

Neil Juhnke- The Business Magnate

Neil Juhnke: From Seed to Shelf Sugarbeets by Grower-Owners at the Michigan Sugar Company

The sweet, delicious, sugary saccharine - Sugar, is a carbohydrate that can be found naturally in many food products such as fruits and vegetables.  The sugar is extracted from naturally grown foods and undergoes a manufacturing process to produce the sugar that we have in our kitchens and pantries. This sweetener is also used as a preservative, fermentor, flavoring agent, modifier, etcetera.  White sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, and liquid sugar are some of the kinds of manufactured sugar products sold at our local shops that we purchase.  Sugar is an ingredient that is added to almost everyone’s...

Adam Melonas- The Business Magnate

Adam Melonas: Enhancing Athletic Sports Performance with 100% Real Food Products at Fastfood

Do you look up which exercises you can do when you decide to enroll in a sport for school or decide to start following a much healthier lifestyle?  Well, you’re not alone! I’m always on the internet looking up exercises that would be more effective in toning my muscles.  It’s my personal choice in wanting to lead a healthier and better lifestyle. I remember at school I was enrolled in competitions that required me to exercise every single day. I used to run two laps around the field to build up my speed and agility consistently. This kept me in...

Mogens Smed- The Business Magnate

Mogens Smed: Interior DCC Redefining Sustainability with Next-Gen Echo Tech Platform at Falkbuilt

Did you know that manufacturing and construction businesses affect the environment? Like, in a terrible way? Yes, you heard that right. I looked into it and uncovered some interesting information.  Construction companies work with different kinds of materials wherein half of the utilized products go to complete waste, ending up in bins and then landfills. This leads to air and land pollution.  The equipment that is used in construction makes a lot of noise leading to noise pollution and disruptions for its neighbors. The smell that is in the air while using equipment and materials and the dust that is...

Laura & Sarah- The Business Magnate

Laura & Sarah: Mother-Duo Redefining and Pioneering in Organic Infant Formula at Bobbie

Milk. Our first food was Milk. Our mother's milk which was given to us right after we were born was the only source of nutrition and food for the next few months and years.  Mother’s Milk a.k.a Breastmilk keeps babies healthy, protected, and safe.  From being gentle on the still-developing stomach that is easily digestible to providing the babies with antibodies to prevent infections, diseases, and sicknesses from occurring - infants require safely formulated sustainable baby products or their mother’s milk for nutritional purposes which are all in the right proportions.  Although mother’s milk or breastmilk can never be replicated...

Ben & David- The Business Magnate

Ben & David: Supporting Gut Microbiome with Digestive Health Drink Alternative to Soda at OLIPOP

Digestive, Skin, and Sleep issues? It's probably your gut!  Have you realized that when you’ve had a bad gut day, you are highly likely to have sleep issues and possible breakouts the next day?  I for one am extremely sensitive. Although I have a good spice tolerance level, there are days that my stomach just can't fathom the heat, and I end up having to sprint to the nearest washroom! Not a good sight or feeling, but a bad gut can have side effects that show up in other areas of the body and system.  Additionally, one can’t say that...

Aylon and Thomas- The Business Magnate

Aylon and Thomas: Chef-Crafted Extra-Creamy Plant-Based Dairy-Free Ice Creams at Eclipse Foods

Do you like eating Ice Cream? That creamy, cold, velvety, sweet, deliciousness? Yes, count me in, please! I am a huge sucker for Ice Creams. Be it tubs, pints, single serves, scoops, cones, bars, bonbons, cakes, chocolates. The different flavors and ingredients in Ice Creams are an added tasty indulgence, taking this cold dessert to another level.  Don’t come at me but, I would love an Ice Cream scoop, maybe two or three more scoops, any day and at any time!  I recall how I spent my childhood summers licking off the melting Choco-Bar on my hands after a long...