Hand and Stone was recently featured in the Philadelphia Business Journal!

Ex-AAMCO exec shifts gears
Leff waxes upbeat over Hand & Stone spas

Philadelphia Business Journal - by Peter Van Allen Staff Writer

A former top executive at AAMCO Transmissions is getting into a business with a personal touch.

Todd Leff, who led the merger of the Cottman Transmission and AAMCO chains, is now leading the expansion of Hand & Stone, a chain of massage-and-facial spas.

Hand & Stone has four locations in the Philadelphia market and has plans for eight more by year’s end. Overall, it has 30 locations in nine states and Canada — and is growing through both corporate-owned stores and through franchisees.

While different industries, Leff said the retail transmission business and the spa business are not that different. (Read More)