- April 5, 2025
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It’d be easy to think a family business launched during World War I that goes back four generations is reluctant to change — something must be working to last that long.
But Matt Beall, the fourth-generation leader of Bradenton-based retailer Bealls, is guided, in part, by a lesson learned from his grandfather, Egbert “E.R.” Beall. “He told me if you’re still doing what you did last year today, then you will fall behind,’ Matt Beall says.