November’s A chat with Ashton Harrison, founder, president/CEO, Shades of Light

© Profile of Success, Catalog Success, November 2006

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Catalog Success: How did the company/catalog get started?
Ashton Harrison: We opened a retail store in 1986, launched the catalog in 1995, and started the Web site in 1999. Before that I worked for a furniture company. They had 40 stores when I left. I was with them from the time they had seven stores up to 40 stores.