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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 20, 2012
Stuck on Stucky

Boosted by the economic recovery, a group backed by a Taiwanese entrepreneur tries to resuscitate the Robb & Stucky brand.

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  • October 6, 2006
Lou Lasday: Brand loyalty is a two-way street

Marketers want customers to be loyal, but are they loyal to their customers?

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  • July 4, 2014
Look before you leap

What parents should know before asking their children to join the family business.

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  • May 15, 2015
The four S's of superior sales performance

Before you send your sales team out to represent your company, make sure it has all the tools needed to succeed.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 12, 2024
Printing entrepreneur's wine pastime leads him to travel the globe

"Life is too short to drink less than good wine," Andrick & Associates President Mark Esbeck says of his longtime pursuit.

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  • October 13, 2010
Integrated Freight buys Bruenger

The Sarasota-based freight company pays $11 million for the Kansas firm.

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  • June 1, 2010
HomeBanc finalizes Encore buy

The Tampa bank has acquired $50.4 million in deposits from Encore.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 1, 2022
Hillsborough selling nearly 62 acres already zoned for housing

In an unusual move, the county issued a press release announcing the large parcel of land was for sale in one of the fastest growing parts of the region.

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  • March 2, 2021
Marketing firm promotes president to CEO

Albert Arguelles joined Vectra Digital after an acquisition last year.

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  • October 18, 2019
District dreams: Design community looking to stand out from the rest

Neighborhood seeing growth in new businesses and new executive board seeks to steer pedestrians toward them.

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  • April 9, 2024
USF architecture professor’s firm opens first US office in Tampa

German architecture firm JSWD is expanding into the United States with an office in a former retail space previously occupied by Sorrento Sweets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 18, 2025
Fiber-optic internet provider already in SWFL expands into St. Petersburg

The Missouri-based company has begun construction of a network in the city that may reach as many 23,000 homes.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 22, 2023
Luxury apartments open on nearly 14 acres in North Port

Units at the 279-unit complex in Wellen Park start at about $100 more per month than the average apartment in the city.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 11, 2026
DHL cutting 203 Lakeland jobs as it closes distribution center

The global shipping company is shutting down its 519,000-square-foot facility on Allen K. Breed Highway between April and December.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 20, 2011
The Egg Man

Craig Sweet, a Fort Myers fertility doctor, says there's a business solution to abandoned embryos. He's encouraging their owners to donate them to his company.

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  • May 25, 2012
Money Bugs

How hard could it be to sell insect-repellent in Florida? It's not as easy as you think, but one entrepreneur is undeterred.

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  • July 21, 2017
Wired In

Despite more than $2 million of losses in two years, a company hopes to turn its valued TV technology into a winning model.

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  • February 28, 2014
Spy games

A one-man wine retail and brokerage business hit $1 million in sales last year. The goal now: Continue to stick it to bigger competitors.

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  • September 23, 2011
Changes in Latitude

Independent homebuilders who survived the recession had to drastically change their business model. Raymond and Robin Scalero are among the survivors.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 22, 2011
Government Digest: Apr. 22

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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