Defying the retail odds in Ohio

Defying the retail odds in Ohio

By Vicki Rulli and Tom Heaphey Hi – we are Vicki & Tom — a married couple who own and operate two businesses in the home industry.  If you’re reading this article, we most likely don’t need to tell you how challenging today’s market is for an independent retail store.  We opened Duo Home in October 2022 in Springfield, Ohio, a small city of just under 60,000 residents. If our timing wasn’t a bit questionable, the fact that neither of us had reta…