Strategies

Jean Gruss
December 18, 2009

Intimate business

Now that a new executive team has stabilized sales at its flagship stores, Chico's FAS is investing in its struggling Soma Intimates brand. Lingerie could become a $1 billion business, they say.

Strategies

Mark Gordon
December 17, 2009

A Gulf Coast technology company plans to attack the recession in 2010, with a plan that includes hiring at least six more people. A big weapon in its fight: The firm's ability to land work with state and local governments.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 17, 2009

Corporate Report: Tech Data's Tonnison promoted, Osbourn will retire next year

John Tonnison will become executive vice president and chief information officer of Tech Data Corp., the Clearwater-based IT products distributor, on Feb. 1, supervising its global IT systems and e-business infrastructure.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 17, 2009

Advice for Holiday Cards

Ordering your holiday cards this month? Before you make that costly purchase, be sure to think about the impression you want to leave with those receiving them.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 17, 2009

2009 Financial Statements

Quality Distribution net rises to seven cents a share; Kforce quarter profit falls to $5.6 million

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 17, 2009

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Walter Energy Inc. at $2.43 (3.5%), Wellcare Health Plans at $1.86 (5.41%) and Jabil Circuit at $1.12 (8.66%). The biggest decliners were HSN Inc. at $-1.21 (-6.32%), Raymond James Financial at $-1.11 (-4.60%) and Tigrent Inc. at $-0.50 (-43.48%).

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 10, 2009

Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa has been awarded nearly $19 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $4 million to study patient-centered outcomes research in personalized medicine, one of only seven such grants so far awarded.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 10, 2009

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were Sun Hydraulics at $3.61 (15.59%), Tech Data at $1.71 (4.01%) and Roper Industries Inc. at $1.49 (2.85%). The biggest decliners were First Community Bank at $-1.04 (-29.30%), Jabil Circuit at $-0.40 (-3.00%) and Lincare Holdings at $-0.32 (-0.90%).

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 4, 2009

Resolution: Conflict

A 15-year-old company with a proven record of success — nearly $50 million in sales by 2008 — decided the recession would be a great time to purposely pit executives against each other. The experiment is working.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 3, 2009

Corporate Report: Gold Coast Eagle Distributing first in state to serve Birra Castello

Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, the Anheuser-Busch InBev and Corona distributor for Sarasota and Manatee counties, is the first in the state to have local rights to Birra Castello, the first Italian beer in the company's international portfolio.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 3, 2009

Financial Statements 2009 12/4

NeoGenomics' net loss more than triples; Cott Corp. profit leaps to $14 million in quarter

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
December 3, 2009

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Last week's biggest Gulf Coast gainers were First Community Bank at $1.22 (52.36%), Wellcare Health Plans at $0.69 (2.31%) and Beasley Broadcast Group at $0.64 (17.78%). The biggest decliners were Raymond James Financial at $-1.68 (-6.61%), Alico Inc. at $-0.90 (-3.39%) and Syniverse Holdings at $-0.84 (-5.01%).

Strategies

Mark Gordon
November 25, 2009

A Bright Idea

David Bloom picked a perilous time to launch a company devoted to helping franchise businesses grow. But opportunity has arisen out of the gloom.

Strategies

Alex Walsh
November 25, 2009

Old Company, New Tricks

On the cusp of its 90th anniversary, Hennessy Construction Services has reinvented itself with a focus on relationships in the senior living market.

Strategies

Business Observer Staff
November 25, 2009

Corporate Report: Odyssey buys stake in SMM Project

Tampa-based deep-ocean shipwreck recovery company Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. acquired a minority interest in SMM Project LLC, an investors group that recently purchased a majority interest in Bluewater Metals Pty Ltd, an Australian company with licenses for the mineral exploration of 150,000 square kilometers of ocean floor in four regions of the South Pacific.

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Intimate business

Method Men

Corporate Report: Tech Data's Tonnison promoted, Osbourn will retire next year

Advice for Holiday Cards

2009 Financial Statements

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

Resolution: Conflict

Corporate Report: Gold Coast Eagle Distributing first in state to serve Birra Castello

Financial Statements 2009 12/4

Gulf Coast Stocks at a Glance

A Bright Idea

Old Company, New Tricks

Corporate Report: Odyssey buys stake in SMM Project

After changes, Boar’s Head reopens plant tied to listeria outbreak

Naples' David Hoffmann takes over Iowa newspaper chain

Tampa Bay Rays unveil stadium designs, plan to woo public

Lakeland man to pay $12.9M, go to prison for filing 450 fake tax returns

TGH-anchored development moves forward in east Ybor City

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