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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 1, 2022
Marketing industry veteran weighs in on current trends — and what's to come

Priority Marketing might have grown up with a fax machine, but to keep up with the latest in the industry, the firm has adapted.

  • Strategies
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 26, 2021
The battle for ivermectin

You need to read this magazine story. An old-school reporter shines a light on a COVID-19 miracle drug and the establishment’s efforts to quash its use.

  • Opinion
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 2, 2026
26 ways organizations use AI to be better at business

Some call it cool. Some call it creepy. AI can be a bit of both, but a certainty lies amid the confusion: The technology has a future-is-know ability to redefine how nearly any business does business.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 17, 2017
Mile for mile

An exit strategy wasn't an afterthought at a thriving media and marketing company. A big part: Transparency trumped everything.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 24, 2015
Malls maligned

Online shopping and changing demographics are denting mid-level retail hubs, which are making changes of their own to survive.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
Corporate Report

Consumer First Bank set to launch next yearDiamondhead Casino extendstime frame for Casinos Austria Monroe to head up newventure capital companyCourt approves $150-millionfinancing for WCI bankruptcySuperior Uniform Grouppicks Steelwedge SoftwareThree area companies topartner in Mercedes contestValpak at 40: new facility,major Martha Stewart promoNoise expands into newlocation on Sanibel IslandLoreto Resources Corp.completes stock offeringCallMiner and Co-nexusto sell integrated productsCryo-Cell to distribute new service to seven countries

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Corporate Report

American Land Lease backssale to Green Courte Partners,Horizon Bay enters life-caremarket with three communitiesBrown & Brown subcompanybuys assets of Portland firmIntertape Polymer to cut jobs,revise contracts, services, fees,Encore Bank hires Rasmussento lead Collier operationsHSN adds publishing execto board of directorsNicholas Financial opensColumbus, Ohio branchSun Hydraulics Corp. issuingfourth-quarter dividendDiverse Web site launched forNCircle'S shows

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
Corporate Report

HMA sells interest in seven hospitalsDigital marketing firm opens Tampa officeBrown & Brownbuys assets of Calif. firmOil, gas energy firm buys Utek subsidiarySpain drops some claims to Odyssey's Black SwanShells Seafood Restaurants back New York CEO

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Real Estate agents buy Fishermanis PlazaNation 1031 sponsor buys Ranch Lake PlazaNokomis developers buy land at Woodmere Horse FarmThree flex buildings headed for Centre ParkDeveloper seeks approval for 16-story Ros

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2007
Corporate Report

Romark announces new drug testSun Hydraulics buys stake in California companyOdyssey Marine Exploration in National Treasure campaignBlood Bank Cryo-Cell collects menstrual stem cellsVerizon opens Tampa Fiber Solutions Center

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Turning the Ship

When John Barnott first took his customer-first, private-business principles to county government, mostof the employees on his watch quit. Now he's got his hands on a Gulf Coast county building department.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • September 3, 2010
Hero of Gyros

Salem Gharsalli is in expansion mode with his Salem's Gyros & Subs chain, with a goal of making his name a national brand. He's starting by steering customers away from the drive-through lanes of burger joints.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 17, 2016
It's a small world

The number of community banks on the Gulf Coast has dropped by nearly two-thirds in the last 10 years. Some think the bank-creation cycle will start again.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 28, 2023
Siesta Key vacation rental business launches national company

Heather Plampin founded a vacation rental management business out of near-broke desperation. Now, with attention to detail — and marketing — she’s targeting clients outside the region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 18, 2021
Multifamily momentum mows down other sectors

Apartment deals once again rule top commercial real estate sales through the first half of 2021.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 12, 2022
2022 Top Entrepreneur: Jim Miller, JMX Brands CEO, Sarasota

On the other side of a crisis, Jim Miller is learning how important pacing is when it comes to growth. “I like to drive fast. But if you don’t have the resources to support the growth, then all of a sudden you’re speeding along the cliff.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 9, 2019
Top Deals Southwest Florida 2018

A high-end resort topped the list of commercial real estate sales in Southwest Florida in 2018, but apartments continued to attract the majority of investors.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 4, 2025
Naples firm reaches deal to buy one of the largest poinsettia growers in the US

HF Companies. will acquire N.G. Heimos Greenhouses, billed as one of the nation’s largest poinsettia growers and preeminent greenhouses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 12, 2024
Tampa apartment owner pays $134 million for waterfront complex

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a credit union moves into a former Venice insurance office, a restaurant chain looks for space in Tampa, and a luxury Naples car dealer gets a new store.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 10, 2024
Caitlyn Cobb, 29

40 Under 40 winner Caitlyn Cobb is the owner at Star Academy of Dance & Aerial Arts.

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