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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2015
Encore Bank CEO joins statewide trade board

Tom Ray will serve a two-year term with the Florida Bankers Association beginning this month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2015
Wine fest goes virtual

Ever since the Naples Winter Wine Festival launched in 2001, it's been a super-exclusive event for guests only.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 14, 2011
Golden Seafood

Peter Radno's recipe for Maine lobster spread turned into a multi-million-dollar franchise. Thinking big paid off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 11, 2011
Government Digest: Aug. 11

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2019
Barbatella becomes a Naples football recruiting tool

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney raves about Naples High School recruit Chez Mellus — and his father’s restaurant.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 18, 2025
Mattison's opens at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport

A restaurant with three locations in Sarasota and Manatee counties is now open at SRQ.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 29, 2010
Ocular Opportunity

One of the Gulf Coast's largest eye-care practices seeks more growth — without relinquishing its obsessively tight grip on its vaunted customer service approach. It's a delicate balance.

  • Strategies
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  • By James R. |
  • May 30, 2014
How to Build a Powerful Brand

Five key drivers to assure consistently strong brands.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 4, 2010
TXT MSG 4 $

Interop Technologies executives didn't expect text messaging to grow as fast as it has. When it did, they rebuilt the business and landed big cell-phone customers like Metro PCS and Cox Communications. Now they're launching a $30 million expansion into Latin America.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 22, 2025
$107M MacDill Air Force base school built to fight hurricanes

The new Tinker K-8 School on the Tampa military base is being built with a focus on resiliency and how students learn.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 24, 2026
Eight months after sale, Tervis aims for resurgence, disruption

After a tumultuous year, a prominent drinkware manufacturer looks to pick up market share and grab opportunities. Moving slowly isn’t part of the strategy.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 17, 2013
The business of being Nik

An entrepreneur who signs his emails 'Never Give Up!' must have a good story. For Nik Wallenda, that story is all about scaling new heights.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 11, 2011
Conditioned for Success

Unscrupulous operators plague the air-conditioning contracting industry, but Theodore Etzel III is raising the bar. Revenues grew 35% last year.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 20, 2017
Do It Better

Richard's Foodporium owner John Rorer is at the helm of a brand refresh. Part of the motive is competition. Another is the pursuit of excellence.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 12, 2017
Pouch Players

With a new executive and new product line, a manufacturer sets its sights on big growth plans.

  • Manufacturing
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 24, 2006
Cookies with Cranor

In 35 years of working high-level jobs in the fast-food and snack industry, John Cranor developed a niche for leading the troops through change. It's a tricky task he handles with a simple approach of being honest, upfront and sticking to the final goal.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • December 10, 2004
Know Your Customers,Improve Your Business

Build value and trust to assure lasting bond with your advocates.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 18, 2022
First-of-its-kind resort price tag rises to $585 million

Long anticipated Allegiant resort now booking for next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 20, 2013
Travel school

Annalisa Xioutas and her 10-year-old daughter, Eva, travel on business together. Corporate hotels today are more accommodating to busy executives traveling with children.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Land Grab

Claiming Murdock Village is blighted, Charlotte County plans to purchase 3,000 largely undeveloped lots through condemnation. Is it constitutional?

  • Entrepreneurs
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