ReplenishThe Renfrow family, of Ozark, opened a store for their five-year-old line of bath and body products at 109 N. Second St. on the Ozark square.
Lance Renfrow said he and his wife
Wendy began creating products for private labeling in 2006 and started their own line under Renfrow Industries in 2008 with the help of his parents
Pete and
Debbie. Replenish offers a 30 percent discount on refills of their products in an effort to cut down on one-time use packaging. Replenish occupies 2,500 square feet, leased from John and Lisa Lane for undisclosed terms, and Renfrow declined to disclose the store’s startup costs. Replenish products such as moisturizers, sugar scrubs and candles range from $9.95 to $16.95. Hours: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Phone: (417) 413-3399. Web:
ReplenishProducts.comSquibb Media LLCFormer Republic Monitor Editor
Ryan Squibb created Squibb Media LLC on Dec. 10 to own and operate three recently acquired rural newspapers. Squibb closed Dec. 31 on the purchase of Mount Vernon’s Lawrence County Record from Steve and Kathy Fairchild, and on Feb. 16 he bought the Cross Country Times of Willard and the Ash Grove Commonwealth from Laura Scott. Squibb, a 2002 University of Missouri School of Journalism graduate who began working at the Republic Monitor in 2010, declined to disclose the purchase prices. In the Lawrence County Record deal, financed by Freedom Bank in Willard, Steve Fairchild has stayed on as a reporter. The Fairchilds ran the Lawrence County Record for 30 years, and Squibb said his background working on his family’s farm near Bois D’Arc would benefit the paper’s 3,850 rural subscribers. He said there would be no changes in the weekly paper’s eight full-time and 18 part-time employees. Scott, who owned the Willard and Ash Grove papers for seven years, remains on staff as a graphic designer. Each paper has about 1,200 subscribers, Squibb said. Hours: 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Phone: (417) 466-2185 and (417) 685-4328. Web:
LawrenceCountyRecord.com and
CommonwealthTimes.bizLet There Be Light LLCHusband and wife
Ed and
Valerie Boyle and business partner
Austin Costello have established an office in the RDI Building, 3003 E. Chestnut Expressway, Ste. 630, for their three-year old training company, Let There Be Light LLC. Previously operating from a home office, Let There Be Light offers workforce development training in technical, professional and personal behavior programs, as well as in Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety. The company’s three owners, who have been working in the training field since 1995, opened the office for less than $10,000, and they lease 550 square feet for two years at an undisclosed rate. Let There Be Light’s training services cost upwards of $120 an hour. Clients include Jarden Corp., SRC Automotive, Silver Dollar City and Reckitt Benckiser. Hours: 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Phone: (417) 865-3022. Web:
LTBLTraining.comSend new business info to sbj@sbj.net.
