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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 21, 2017
Next Watch

Two organizations that combined have some 3,000 customers are under new executive management. How will they keep membership groups relevant?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 21, 2024
Lee County health care facility sold, cutting 294 jobs

The new owners, in a letter to state officials, say offers will be made to retain "substantially all" of the employees.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2008
THE CAPITALIST

Rescuing the Rustbelt: It is fascinating watching politicians say how they are going to rescue the "rust belt" regions where jobs are disappearing and companies are either shutting down or moving elsewhere.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 16, 2024
Creative entrepreneur helps beleaguered malls survive amid market shift

Mall operators seeking to draw more customers are turning to companies like US Design Lab to add a dose of fun to the experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 4, 2013
China by Internet

Can you build a product in China without ever setting foot there? Just ask entrepreneur Simon Morris.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 12, 2021
Players jockey for position in booming esports sector

Forget the old-fashioned arcade. Gaming and esports is now a big business, and a combination of established companies and upstarts are using some proven business tactics to gain a foothold.

  • Technology
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 21, 2023
Despite published report, Sternberg says he plans to remain Rays owner

Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg expects a ballpark to be built in Tampa Bay and to stay on as owner despite story that buyers are circling.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 4, 2023
Bradenton retailer announces major rebranding of two chains

Officials say the changes should be in effect by the end of the year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2011
Ledtolite gets $80K for 26 jobs

The LED light manufacturer is expanding to a new facility in Nokomis.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2021
Florida grocery heiress, 65, dies

Carol Jenkins Barnett left a big mark on the Central Florida region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Dan Ping |
  • June 24, 2011
Fight Plan

Anything may go inside the mixed martial arts octagon, but if an MMA league hopes to succeed it needs a solid business plan. That's why World Extreme Fighting is looking to a man whose background is spreadsheets, not drop kicks.

  • Strategies
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 23, 2022
Transactions: May 17-23

Multiple vacant Collier County land deals highlight this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • October 17, 2019
Ryan Carter, 36

Executive vice president and co-founder, Scotlynn USA Division Inc.

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 20, 2022
Results may variant: Tech council adapts to omicron

Tampa Bay technology council looks ahead to resumption of in-person events as it creatively tackles talent shortage.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Q&A: Lee Arnold

Continuing a trend toward corporate consolidation in the region's commercial real estate industry, Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central & Southwest Florida — a firm whose roots trace back to 1974, when CEO Lee Arnold founded his first brokerage operation — announced earlier this month that it has been acquired by Colliers International Group Inc., a publicly held company with more than 500 offices worldwide.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2014
Chico's digital theater earns props

Women's retailer named to CIO Magazine's CIO 100.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2015
Take me to The Hut

During the land boom that started in the 1950s, developers packed real estate investors nationwide into airplanes and bused them from the Fort Myers airport to Lehigh Acres, where they sold them quarter- and half-acre lots.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 27, 2017
Polk County Industrial Market

Distributors, logistics firms and e-commerce purveyors alike have flocked to Polk County because of its central Florida location, sophisticated highway network that connects Interstate 4 with Interstate 75 and Interstate 95 and its ability to reach roughly 18 million customers within a 24-hour drive.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2018
Giant health system's new clinic addresses void in market

Lee Health opens first free-standing emergency department in Lee County at Lee Health Coconut Point

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 25, 2024
Naples medical center fully leased, set to double in size

Southbrooke Medical Plaza, a new medical center in Naples, has been fully leased, and construction on the second phase of the project is expected to begin later this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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