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CityViewNC.com | 41 friendships, fun, & confidence Building one giggle at a time The Little Gym off-ers a wide variety of classes that help children ages 4 months through 12 years reach their greatest potential. Parent/Child Classes • Pre-K Gymnastics • Grade School Gymnastics • Dance • Karate • Sports Skills • Awesome Birthday Bashes • Parents' Survival Nights • Camps The Little Gym of Fayetteville www.tlgfayettevillenc.com 910-223-3496 friendships, fun, & confidence Building one giggle at a time The Little Gym off-ers a wide variety of classes that help children ages 4 months through 12 years reach their greatest potential. Parent/Child Classes • Pre-K Gymnastics • Grade School Gymnastics • Dance • Karate • Sports Skills • Awesome Birthday Bashes • Parents' Survival Nights • Camps The Little Gym of Fayetteville www.tlgfayettevillenc.com 910-223-3496 friendships, fun, & confidence Building one giggle at a time The Little Gym off-ers a wide variety of classes that help children ages 4 months through 12 years reach their greatest potential. Parent/Child Classes • Pre-K Gymnastics • Grade School Gymnastics • Dance • Karate • Sports Skills • Awesome Birthday Bashes • Parents' Survival Nights • Camps The Little Gym of Fayetteville www.tlgfayettevillenc.com 910-223-3496 friendships, fun, & confidence Building one giggle at a time The Little Gym off-ers a wide variety of classes that help children ages 4 months through 12 years reach their greatest potential. Parent/Child Classes • Pre-K Gymnastics • Grade School Gymnastics • Dance • Karate • Sports Skills • Awesome Birthday Bashes • Parents' Survival Nights • Camps The Little Gym of Fayetteville www.tlgfayettevillenc.com 910-223-3496 Give the Gift of The Little Gym this holiday season! Buy $50 in gift certificates, and receive $10 free! Buy $100 in gift certificates, and receive $25 free! When it rains, it drains! industry sales, and Brunais believes that is unlikely to change. "e thing is, with jewelry most people want to see it and touch it," Brunais said. "A picture of a ring doesn't mean it is the ring that you're getting and you don't know how the photo has been corrected for color. It is very hard to sell online." Phillips died in May of 2015. ree of his children, Kenny Phillips, Chris Phillips and Donna Fonke, now run it. In the years since Phillips first opened his shop, it has filled the building that once was occupied by a trade school, and expanded further, adding sections for selling car audio equipment, photo finishing, electronics and, most recently, home automations, which can be operated via mobile iOS or Android devices. "We'll go in to wire a house so that everything in it can be operated via your iPad," Brunais said. "We started doing that last year." Today, Brunais says, the shop employs 45 people, including four master jewelers, and it takes up more than 18,000 square feet. Currently, Rhudy's is gearing up for what promises to be a hectic holiday season. Last year, holiday shopping in November and December brought in $658.75 billion nationally, according to the National Retail Federation. at was up 4 percent over 2015 due to a strengthened economy. is year, sales are expected to increase another 3.6 to 4 percent, for a total of $678.75 billion to $682 billion. As of now, Brunais says Rhudy's has no immediate plans for any more large expansions, or revenue streams. But he says one can never say never. As Rhudy Phillips showed his nay-sayers, crazier things have happened – and are still succeeding.

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