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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 23, 2017
She's Got Mail

Shannon Kirsten Couch didn't set out to take the stationery world by storm. But now her designs are spreading quickly across the industry.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 10, 2023
Report: Florida is the luckiest state in the US for Powerball tickets

The Sunshine State is nearing $3 billion in total money won in the national game since 2003.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 15, 2022
Minnesota buyer pays nearly $50 million for Fort Myers low-income units

Dominium, which specializes in affordable housing complexes, has bought a 320-unit complex in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 20, 2022
Organization connected to luxury Naples developer buys Sarasota condos for $9.4M

An LLC with ties to The Ronto Group has purchased almost 20 units in three adjacent buildings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2013
Bed bugs and Hollywood

Being lost at sea wasn't a concern for the six entrepreneurs who appeared in the Bravo show “Below Deck.”

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
Sinus-clearing firm all clogged up, again

A once-promising homeopathic nasal spray company with a popular product — but a troubled past — faces difficult times once again.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 9, 2025
Decades-old Fort Myers Beach restaurant sells for $5.5 million

Bonita Bill's Waterfront Cafe was bought by a local Fort Myers restaurant group.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • August 21, 2025
Tampa OnlyFans content creator who made $5.4M charged with tax evasion

Kylie Leia Perez, 30, earned more than $5.4 million in four years on the social media platform OnlyFans. Now she owes the IRS at least $1.69 million in back taxes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 30, 2024
Tampa apartment giant buys two Brandon complexes totaling 455 units

American Landmark Apartments has bought two apartment communities across from each other and will combine them.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
Florida's 3-Legged Stool Has a New Leg

State job data show that health care has become the Gulf Coast's biggest employer.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2015
Corporate report

Tropical Realty Appraisal sells to Franklin Street; xG Technology sells stock, options, brings in $5 million; BNY Mellon hires Wells Fargo exec to lead Gulf sales efforts; WRH Realty Services awarded contracts to manage two Jacksonville communities; Medical Center of Trinity developing Palm Harbor ER; Gateway Bank credit analyst named Risk Management Association president

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 8, 2019
How to provide exceptional service

The best of the best customer service, says Damien O’Riordan, a 25-year veteran of the best in hospitality — The Ritz-Carlton — comes from a combination of constants. Those constants are like a ladder: every rung needs to be there to make it all work in c

  • Advice
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2017
Corporate report

Storm Smart licenses first Florida distributor; Economic development agency names chief administration executive; Travel insurance firm up for customer service award; Regional pest service adds to executive, training ranks

  • Strategies
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 10, 2024
Ivory Matthews, 37

40 Under 40 winner Ivory Matthews is the vice president of community and governmental affairs at Neal Communities.

  • Class of 2024
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 10, 2024
Will Freeman, 27

40 Under 40 winner Will Freeman is a co-founder and CEO of Freeman Ventures.

  • Class of 2024
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 12, 2011
Manatee Rural Health Services moving to Palmetto B of A building

Manatee County Rural Health Services Inc. purchased the 27,000-square-foot Palmetto Bank of America building for $985,000. The price equated to $36 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2021
Airline adds nonstop flights to Texas, Michigan from region

Southwest Airlines now served 11 markets from the Sarasota Bradenton region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2020
Airport's passenger traffic increases to 69% of 2019 levels

Year-to-date figures show airport passenger traffic is down 35% compared to 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2019
Fire and security company receives ‘sizable’ capital infusion

Integrated Fire and Security Solutions will deploy investment from Newlook Capital to expand its market share in the Southeast.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2010
Source Interlink buys Grind

The Bonita Springs-based media firm adds a network of action sports content.

  • News
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