Best of Business Gold Winners

When Ingram’s Readers Speak…

Remember the vintage television commercials about the business executives discussing investments during an airline flight, or at a restaurant, and one of them says, “Well, my broker is E.F. Hutton, and E.F. Hutton says …” and everybody in the surrounding areas turns to listen in?

There’s a lesson in that bit of nostalgic advertising.  A couple of them, actually.

One: The power of reputation will take your company a long way in business. E.F. Hutton had it going on back in the early Pleistocene era. 

Two: A prehistoric reputation for excellence means precisely bupkis in 2021. The big asteroid that wiped out almost all life on Wall Street in October 1987 was the final nail in the Hutton brokerage coffin.

Three: If you want to vouchsafe a reputation for being the best, the work is never done.

For proof of that, look no further than the companies most frequently recognized by Ingram’s readers as the Best of Business Kansas City during its 35 years. They’ve been doing things right for decades. And almost every one of them is still at it, still insisting on almost impossibly high standards, and still delivering the goods.

From art museums to jewelers, car dealerships to hospitals, banks to liquor stores and even nightclub acts, they’re still racking up Gold medals as the best of what Kansas City has to offer.

So please join us in congratulating all of those who, over the years, have assumed their place in this Hall of Fame of business excellence. 

CATEGORY LEADER                                  GOLDS