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Lloyd Lewis | Lessons Learned From Building the arc

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This conversation originally aired in July of 2022, but the lessons Lloyd Lewis, CEO of arc Thrift Stores provided are so strong I wanted to share them again.
To learn more about aft Thrift Stores, visit www.arcthrift.com.
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Dec 21, 2022

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