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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2016
Bass Pro Shops hunts for Sarasota store progress

Plans for a Bass Pro Shops location in east Sarasota County have been in the works since 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2016
Daymond John is more than a shark

Just before Shark Tank star and FUBU founder Daymond John emerged from the green room at Sarasota's Ritz-Carlton for his speech Feb. 15, the audience of 500 attendees was instructed: No flash photography, no videos, no recordings ... You know the routine of the big media celebs.

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  • March 4, 2016
Chains look to link up

Smoothies, pizzas and pretzels. Those are some of the freshest products from franchise chains with growth plans in the Tampa area and potentially other Gulf Coast markets.

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  • October 1, 2014
Employee leasing firm promotes exec to CEO

Clint Burgess has been with Progressive Employer Management Co. since January.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kat Wingert |
  • October 17, 2014
Economic forecast

More work, more problems

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  • June 8, 2015
Teco burns off coal division with new buyer

Kentucky-based Cambrian Coal couldn't close the deal, and Tampa energy company says new buyer will be all cash.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2015
Capitalism leads the way

Officials at Benderson Development, by far the largest retail developer in the Sarasota-Bradenton market, and one of biggest landlords on the Gulf Coast, get the “why?” question a lot. As in, why does the firm continue to build and develop when it already has so much?

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Expand globally

Expanding globally is not an easy task.

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  • January 14, 2015
First Watch lassos its biggest franchise deal

Company to open its first stores in Texas, starting in Dallas, in late 2015.

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  • April 10, 2015
One decade, 20 minutes

Longtime husband-and-wife franchise entrepreneurs Virginia Phillips and Al Roach took a big risk with a fitness business they opened a decade ago.

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  • May 1, 2015
Things with the dude all good

The Tube Dude is growing up.

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  • February 21, 2024
Fort Myers medical group expands in Maryland

American Oncology Network now has more than 35 medical practices.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 22, 2024
Tampa insurance firm names two co-presidents

BRP Group, an independent insurance firm, made two executive appointments in anticipation of the Tampa company's growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 14, 2024
Bankrupt flooring company closing 2 stores in region

LL Flooring, which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will close locations in Clearwater and Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth M. Stamoulis | Williams Parker Attorneys at Law |
  • November 2, 2022
Common Myths Regarding Trademarks

Common Myths Regarding Trademarks

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 11, 2024
Food service company names Walmart e-commerce exec CFO

Innovative Food Holdings, a Bonita Springs publicly traded company that caters to professional and home chefs, named Gary Schubert CFO.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 21, 2023
Hillsborough hotel rates the second highest in Florida as tourism stabilizes

Tourism numbers remained steady in Hillsborough County as November tourist taxes came in at more than $4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 21, 2024
Sarasota Memorial inks $160M software deal

The health system contracted with software developer giant Epic to handle its electronic medical records.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 21, 2025
Water Street Tampa welcomes slew of new businesses

Four new retail and food locations will be opening in the downtown Tampa neighborhood.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 13, 2025
L.L. Bean hiring ahead of store opening at UTC

The outdoor lifestyle brand is readying to open its first store in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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