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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 15, 2016
Connecticut connection

The hot Naples residential real estate market is getting national attention. New competitors like Connecticut-based William Raveis Real Estate are planning big moves there and across Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2017
This is no time to cut Visit Florida's funds

Consumer products giants know they must keep advertising or lose market share.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2011
Odyssey lands $2 million deal

Clients of Robert Fraser & Partners agreed to pay $2 million in up-front cash.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 15, 2010
Googling is basis for new book

Inspiration for a book can come from just about anywhere, and often in time to go to press right before gift-giving season.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 28, 2017
Feel of Steel

Change is hard — especially after seven decades. But for Tervis, risk of inaction outweighed other worries.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2015
Healthy start to capital raise

Venture capital investor and entrepreneur Chris Cogan doesn't hold back when he talks about his latest business, Sarasota-based sustainable food company Healthy Earth.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • April 18, 2014
Market Revolution

To keep pace with his fast-growing marketing firm, HubSpot, CEO Brian Halligan has a new strategy: Think more and work less.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2011
Distressed sales hurt Sarasota

Broker estimates 45% of closings so far this year were short sales or REO.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2014
Always room for more wings

Restaurants are scouting for sites all over Southwest Florida.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 20, 2023
Food service firm looks to net $7M in variety of property, business deals

Innovative Food Holdings, which caters to professional and home chefs, has made progress on five deals expected to net the company at least $7 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 17, 2023
Pulte buys 197 acres in Riverview, plans for 492 homes

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Dollar General sells, a New Jersey car dealer expands, and 500,000 square feet of industrial space is completed.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 8, 2017
Glass Ceiling

Disrupting an industry, particularly one many try to avoid, is rife with obstacles. A novelist-turned-entrepreneur tackles it with heartfelt passion.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2016
Sweet summertime

The summer slowdown in hospitality, particularly with restaurants, can be tough for some businesses to overcome.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2012
Tampa EDC seeks an upgrade

The Tampa EDC has requested proposals and allocated $85,000 for a new marketing materials.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2014
Wireless firm sells $1.3M in shares

Buyers of xG Technology stock include a Chicago-based institutional investor.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2020
Barbecue business opens amid pandemic, builds following

Pinecraft Barbecue, selling and renting a range of grills and smokers, has opened just in time for summer barbecues.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2012
Auto dealership closes a sweet sale

The best way to put a dent in the recession: Sell a car to an Arab sheik.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2014
It's gotta be the shoes

A Sarasota firm with U.S. distribution rights for Blackstone shoes, a popular canvas-style brand in Europe, found some unusual partners for its latest marketing initiative: Retired basketball superstar Shaquille O'Neal and the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2015
Boat firm swims in the big-time

The ongoing comeback at Clearwater-based boat retailer MarineMax got a national plug recently: Executives, led by longtime Chairman, CEO and President William McGill, rang the NYSE opening bell Jan 21.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 17, 2026
Tobacco giant Philip Morris opening Tampa center, plans 180 jobs

The company's new business operations center in the city will be just over 56,000 square feet.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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