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Thermacell Turned a 20-Foot Circle Into a Consumer Product
The Bedford company does not sell bug spray. It sells a temporary piece of outdoor real estate - and its newest system stretches that idea across an entire backyard.
Tervis
Tervis helped invent the insulated tumbler, then watched drinkware become fashion. After bankruptcy, a sale and a smaller footprint, the Florida brand is betting that its old strengths - customization, licensing and things that do not shatter - can become new again.
POOLCORP
The pool business looks seasonal from the patio. From POOLCORP's side of the counter, it is a 455-location logistics machine built on chemicals, replacement parts and the quiet urgency of keeping 11 million pools working.
Donna K. Williams
Donna Williams built her influence from the warehouse floor outward - learning how products move, how customers work, and why an industry advances faster when its competitors still make room to collaborate.