Business Spotlight

For 55 years, the Pattersons have built a business based on three cornerstones: Family. Service. Integrity. The owners of Patterson’s Home Appliances are now on their third generation of family running the business. And satisfying their…
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For 36 years the professionals at Optimal Health have served the people of the greater Knoxville area. Licensed chiropractor and founder J. Scott Brown and his family established their first clinic in West Knoxville. As his family grew so…
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Dr. Brent Fry has always held the belief that the best eye care is the care that starts early in life, care that can prevent more serious conditions later in life. Today, he is more committed than ever to that belief, in part because of…
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Many think of garden centers as seasonal businesses that, like our favorite perennial flora, go dormant with the onset of cooler, late fall temperatures. Not so with Willow Ridge Garden Center & Landscaping of Oak Ridge. In fact, the…
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“We don’t cut corners, we clean them” has served as the motto for Duncan and Sons’ Building Maintenance, Inc. for years, and it has never been timelier than now during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The thorough cleaning services that the company…
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There is no other medical procedure in which the results are so plainly obvious: Plastic surgery. And that is, of course, the beauty of this procedure, one in which the outcome influences not only the world’s perception of the patient,…
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Lauren Lazarus has come quite a long way from her days working as a production assistant in New York. Even in those early days she was destined for recognition, having been selected by UT’s National Broadcasting Honors Society to travel to…
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Roger Kiger of Visionary Horizons prides himself on being the “self-proclaimed, worst salesperson ever.” Odd as that may sound from a man who has started and operated a host of successful businesses ranging from marinas to software…
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Sir Richard Branson, a businessman well known for his leadership as well as his thinking on corporate culture, once said: “Take care of your employees, and they'll take care of your business”. Barry Dickey, owner of PRO TOY, Knoxville’s…
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James George, owner of G Squared Studios, is finally getting the time to “come up for some air,” he says. The reason? “With the slowdown that many businesses have experienced due to COVID-19, along with a reliance on their digital presence…
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