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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 10, 2012
Grocery Gamble

The grip Publix has on the Gulf Coast grocery industry has shown few cracks. But a competitor — an afterthought for years — has an aggressive strategy to chip away at the leader.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Debit Cards for the Sub-Prime

Morgan Beaumont has gone through $9 million in startup costs. Early next year, the real growth begins.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 11, 2019
Fighting for life, not for points

Southwest Regional Manufacturers Association president Neil Kagan is a kung fu san soo master.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 15, 2019
Mind the gap: Construction firm wins by combining youth, experience

Suffolk Construction Co., a Boston-based national builder with a large presence in the region, has implemented an innovative reverse mentoring program at its Tampa, Florida, office.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

SimDag buys two parcels for condo-hotelFloridan Hotel acquisition could show way for Belleview BiltmoreMarket Street Mortgage offers credit to buildersColonial Properties Trust buysMangrove Bay office buildingColliers Arnold's study shows aggressive office marketBelleair Development acquires North Dale Mabry property

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2013
Corporate Report: March 1

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 15, 2023
Soap company adds trio of stores across Florida

Naples Soap Co. overcame multiple post-Hurricane Ian challenges.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2020
Fast-casual burger chain plans expansion in Tampa, Southeast

RSolution Holdings plans 50 new restaurants over the next several years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 28, 2020
Benderson executes $218 million land deal in Dallas

Manatee County developer calls ground lease under new headquarters "a great asset."

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2020
Tech firm hires new leaders, including a former Netflix executive

ReliaQuest brings on new leaders to help grow its GreyMatter platform.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 4, 2018
Market Spotlight: Tampa Office Market

Tampa office vacancy at 6.7% at end of first quarter

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 16, 2025
15 Big Lots store leases across the region listed for sale

The chain's new owner is selling the leases of about 500 stores in 47 states.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 16, 2023
Burger chain plucks former Bloomin' Brands execs for leadership posts

Tampa-based Checkers and Rally's says they have made two new executive hires, and both of them have experience at Bloomin' Brands.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 13, 2026
Heart valve replacement device makes Florida debut at Clearwater hospital

The just-approved safety device is used when replacement heart valves are implanted to help with blood flow and reduce complications.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 11, 2023
Entrepreneur uses brief sports career as basis for fashion business

Paola Bedin, a designer of athletic apparel, continues to pursue her greatest passion: high-performance cycling.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
Thomson: Tourism Tax Can Cut Two Ways

The tourism tax can help the industry, but also can be dangerous to some tourism businesses.

  • Opinion
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • January 13, 2017
Wildlife wonderer

Marc Harris intimately explores the far reaches of Florida's Everglades. What he photographs is so impressive, some deny that it is even real.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 24, 2017
'On the map'

Entrepreneur Stephen Schrutt has opened four restaurant concepts in St. Petersburg in the last five years. It's part of a plan to create a destination block.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 22, 2017
For Good

A group of like-minded business women, in joining together, have raised the collective power of what it means to 'give back.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2014
Plan with Purpose

The co-founder of a $1.2 billion employee staffing and insurance giant wasted little time preparing for the next generation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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