Shibumi sunshades already dominate NC coastline. Where will the local company expand next?

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Shibumi sunshades already dominate NC coastline. Where will the local company expand next?

By Leoneda Inge,

Published July 9, 2024 at 10:40 AM EDT

2024.07.06 - Ocean Isle Beach, NC — Ocean Isle Beach, NC, July 6, 2024

If you鈥檝e been to a beach in North Carolina recently, you鈥檝e seen a Shibumi 鈥� the teal and royal blue sunshades that dominate the Carolina coast.

Now, the company is poised to take over beaches across the world, according to The Assembly鈥檚 Wilmington editor Johanna F. Still. Johanna's article on the Carolina business is titled:

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Johanna F. Still, Wilmington Editor, The Assembly

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 瓜神app as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital 瓜神app Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 瓜神app as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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