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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2015
Famous Tate grabs Pinellas

A longtime Pinellas County mainstay will shut off its lights for the final time as Apsco Appliance & TV Centers Inc. becomes the property of long-time regional competitor Famous Tate of Florida.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Business that Sizzles

Chris Miller, CEO of Ruthis Chris and the next chairman of the restaurant association, explains the growth in higher end steakhouse market and why itis not the industryis fault consumers get fat.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 27, 2019
Brew and improved: With land deal, beer maker takes next big step

Fort Myers Brewing won awards for its beers in 2019, but the biggest news was the acquisition of a 23-acre parcel that will be the site of its much-needed new headquarters.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 19, 2021
Locally based fast-food chain plans massive french fry giveaway

Checkers and Rally’s Restaurants Inc., headquartered in Tampa, Florida, will hold a three-day ‘Black FryDay’ French fry giveaway promotion on the biggest holiday shopping weekend of the year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2013
Goodwill e-commerce booming

It's not just the Goodwill thrift stores that are doing brisk business these days.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2013
Resident Techie: Four reasons I love Dropbox, and you should too.

If you've known me for longer than a couple weeks you're bound to hear me gush. It's not about my wife or kids (although I do). It's not even about my car (unless its in an upset tone). Nope, I'm super passionate, over the moon, head over heels for an ethereal technology called Dropbox.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 28, 2021
Area fragrance entrepreneur launches debut perfume

Kenzie Fisher is marketing her experiential product using earned media, social media and a website that draws on several senses.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2021
Gourmet food products business enjoys ecommerce boost

Online sales are up 90% at Innovative Food Holdings.

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  • May 25, 2007
Coffee Talk

Do I hear more auctions? Going once...: Realtors at Sarasota-based SKY Sotheby's involved in a traditional tent-held auction of 20 multimillion-dollar homes May 18 considered the event a massive success.Still waiting on SevenShores: When the Review profiled the SevenShores condo and mixed-use development project June 9, it was a story about persistence and perseverance.Ave Maria University sells old campus: Ave Maria University will sell its campus near Vanderbilt Beach Road and Interstate 75 to a group of undisclosed Tampa investors who will redevelop it as a retirement community, says Nicholas Healy Jr., the university's president.Tampa firm finds interest in its latest discovery: Diving crews working for Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration found much more than $500 million in water-buried treasure earlier this month in the Atlantic Ocean.Medical firm seeks to alleviate debt with IPO: Executives at Clearwater-based medical supply firm CCS Medical Holdings are seeking to cash in on the firm's recent revenue growth spurt by announcing plans to go public.Motivate from within: Everyone needs a little motivation now and then, even the best of the best employees.

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  • March 25, 2020
EDC publishes list of resources for businesses

Resources on the Sarasota EDC page include information for employers and employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2019
School earns national recognition for program

University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee scores well on affordability with its online IT program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2019
Change in the air at Naples Airport

Naples Airport Authority rebrands Naples Municipal Airport to Naples Airport

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  • December 30, 2016
Ring of new business

Bonita Springs-based Atilus, a digital design and online marketing company, recently added a unique client to its fast-growing business roster.

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  • June 29, 2012
Cape launches site

Cape Coral creates a web portal for commercial real estate brokers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2021
Area banker named to FDIC advisory committee

Neil D. McCurry Jr., the president and CEO of Sabal Palm Bank, will help inform the FDIC's advisory committee on community banking on issues and policy regarding community banking

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2017
DataSnapshot: School days

Cape Coral struggles in Thumbtack survey of small businesses.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 21, 2024
$250 million Great Wolf Lodge to open early in Naples

Great Wolf Lodge South Florida has pushed its opening day up and started hiring for some of the 600 positions it expects to fill.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 6, 2025
Clearwater aviation company acquires two firms, expands fleet

FlyUSA, a Clearwater-based aviation company, has acquired TRYP Air Charter and its affiliated company, MySky Aviation Solutions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 23, 2015
Real software

Software developer Refindly is building a system for residential real estate agents to make it easier to manage prospective customers as buyers and sellers shift to the Internet.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 2, 2018
Sprouts expanding throughout the Gulf Coast

Sprouts Farmers Market plans to add a pair of new stores in Naples and Clearwater to expand its Gulf Coast portfolio

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