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Members of the Corliss Stone-Littles team meet at a MAC Store at DFW Airport. Pictured left to right: Vanessa Terrazas, Shannon Chandler, Corliss Stone-Littles and Shambreka Ward.
Corliss Stone-Littles
Carves Out Luxury Brands Niche By Jordan Taylor
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brands include: Sunglass Hut, Johnston & Murphy, Hudson News, Swarovski, baggallini and MAC Cosmetics.
CSL, LLC is a national aviation retail concessionaire that not only provides unique products in airport retail shops, but also provides the customer with a buying experience that enhances their entire travel itinerary. The company has a long track record and a strong presence in some of the nation’s largest and busiest airports. Familiar store
Company founder Corliss StoneLittles grew up in the northern part of Louisiana. She graduated high school and went on to attend Michigan State, majoring in business administration, for her undergraduate degree. She is also a graduate of Harvard Law School – with an emphasis on business law – and began her career focusing on public finance for housing development and then corporate consulting. In the mid 1980s, she worked as a senior properties
hances are that any traveler passing through a major airport in the United States has encountered one of the many high-end international luxury brands, represented by airport concessionaire Corliss Stone-Littles, LLC.
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manager at a major airline and helped develop a $650 million terminal at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, including its then-new concessions program. Stone-Littles’ entrepreneurial journey began as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) contractor, providing legal services and consulting. After her professional success in development projects at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, she realized that a lot of clients wanted to implement a similar DBE and participation program, which had the support and backing of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Stone-Littles
