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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2014
Retailer looks for event-based theater

Executives at Chico's FAS, the Fort Myers-based women's retailer, have ambitious goals for how customers interact digitally with the firm's brands.

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  • December 20, 2013
Fast-growth firm casts its line

The Gulf Coast has a new construction player.

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  • January 6, 2014
Commercial lease sales tax faces repeal

Florida State Rep. Greg Steube, R-Bradenton, will likely score some major points in the business community with a new bill he's proposed for the 2014 Legislative session: The elimination of a sales tax on commercial leases.

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  • September 23, 2016
A beautiful day in these neighborhoods

To stroll through the most walking-friendly neighborhoods in Florida head to cluttered Miami Beach — or Sarasota.

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  • October 14, 2016
Companies unite in superior performance

A pair of Pinellas County companies made Fortune magazine's list of the 100 fastest-growing publicly traded firms based on three years of revenues, profits and stock returns.

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  • June 10, 2016
Treasure hunt with purpose

Summer for many tourism-based organizations on the Gulf Coast can be slowdown central, where deep discounts are the usual way to draw in local residents.

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  • March 25, 2016
A+ for strategy

Tampa commercial real estate broker David Sobelman, a national expert in net leases, where the tenant pays some or all property expenses, in addition to rent, senses a shift in the niche market.

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  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneurs of the Year | Lorna Taylor

Premier Eye Care Tampa

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  • July 17, 2015
Biz loans on upswing, at least at one bank

The post-recession recovery has a discrepancy between many bankers and business owners. It's an oft-heard refrain: Bankers say they are lending, yet entrepreneurs can't get loans.

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  • November 13, 2015
And the pints will flow

When Jeremy Joerger moved to Sarasota to start a craft brewery, he had a meeting with prominent Tampa entrepreneur Joey Redner, founder of Cigar City Brewing.

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  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Expand globally

Expanding globally is not an easy task.

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  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Turn it off while on vacation

Turning off all work-related communications while away from work can be agonizingly difficult, says executive coach and consultant Doug Van Dyke.

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  • December 18, 2014
Bradenton-based Star2Star raises $30 million

Firm will use funds to “further accelerate already rapid growth.”

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  • February 27, 2015
Coal drags Teco down

The Tampa utility needs to complete its coal division sale within the next couple weeks, or suffer a bottom-line hit.

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  • March 13, 2015
Bonefish Grill serves up new president

Greg Scarlett was involved with restaurant chain almost from the beginning, working with original founders.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 16, 2024
Hardware store entrepreneur named chair of Fort Myers university

Prominent Southwest Florida entrepreneur Michael Wynn, president of Sunshine Ace Hardware, has been named chair of the Florida Gulf Coast University’s Board of Trustees.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 17, 2024
Apartment complex in Sarasota sells for $43M

Huntington Place Apartments more than doubled in value in the past 11 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2024
Business Observer 2024 40 Under 40 nominations now open

The Business Observer's annual 40 Under 40 issue celebrates the best of the best of the up-and-comers.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 8, 2024
Visits to Sarasota County trend down in May year over year

The May 2024 visitor data shows a slight increase in cost of lodging but overall decreases in terms of visitors, occupancy and expenditures.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 18, 2024
Bradenton Area EDC adds, promotes staff

The Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation made staffing changes its leader says are "future-proofing" the agency heading into 2025.

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