Owner of luxury linen company Kearsley knows how to survive tough times
Print this article For Heather Wolf, 2019 was proving to be a big year for her business, Kearsley. Kearsley, based in Sonoma, California, is a small business that produces luxury bed linens, fabrics, blankets, and pillowcases. Wolf was in the process of opening new showrooms for her products in New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles in 2019. “I spent all of 2019 getting these showrooms organized, getting the staff trained, hoping that it would all pay off in 2020,” Wolf said. “In 2020, as the pandemic hit, that all vanished. The showrooms closed.” By early February, most of ...