Butler Burgher Group (BBG), a leading national commercial real estate valuation and assessment firm, is building its Phoenix presence. Top producing appraisal professionals Jay Ramos, MAI, and Anthony K. Valenzuela, MAI, have joined the BBG team as directors of the Phoenix office. Both gentlemen have extensive market presence and were the No. 1 and No. 2 top producers in … [More]
Walmart Announces Plans for new Supercenter at Metrocenter Mall
Today, Walmart announces plans to build a Supercenter at the iconic Metrocenter Mall, near I-17 and 35th Avenue, in northwest Phoenix. Work on the project is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2015 with the demolition of the former Broadway building, which has been vacant since 2006. Officials with Walmart, the City of Phoenix and Metrocenter Mall, as well as area … [More]
Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee Launches Community Campaign
The Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee has announced its community campaign for Super Bowl XLIX. In addition to creating direct economic impact for Arizona, investing in the community and local nonprofits is paramount to the Host Committee’s mission to leave a positive lasting legacy from Super Bowl XLIX. The Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee is partnering with the National … [More]
Scottsdale Company Launches New Digital Service to Help Businesses Track Donations
Blacktie-Arizona, founded in 2001, is part of a national company providing Web-based event planning and promotional tools for nonprofits, associations and businesses. It has recently added a new service for businesses - Donation Tracker. Blacktie’s DonationTracker is intended for any business that is asked to donate gift certificates or items for silent or live auctions. … [More]
Local Motors, Inc. to be part of first-ever White House Maker Faire
Local Motors, the world's leading open-source hardware innovation company, will exhibit its Mobifactory at the White House Maker Faire, a celebration of America’s students and entrepreneurs who are inventing the future. Essentially a highly customized shipping container, Mobifactories are designed to be easily transported anywhere in the world to demonstrate both the making … [More]
Klandrud Named to Million Dollar Round Table
Matthew J. Klandrud, FIC, CLTC®,CCPS, of Tempe, a lead financial consultant with Warner Ranch Group of Thrivent Financial, has earned membership in the prestigious 2014 Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), an international, independent association of nearly 38,000 members of the world's life insurance and financial services professionals from 450 companies in more than 79 nations … [More]
Tax Provision Aids Small Business
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to make a permanent tax provision that would allow small businesses to write off up to $500,000 in new equipment purchases and some improvements to real property instead of depreciating the costs over time. H.R. 4457, titled America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014, would provide small businesses with expensing levels … [More]
Christian Brands Announces the Promotion of Brian Schroeder to Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Christian Brands, a multi-brand gift importing firm focused on inspirational gifts and table-top and wall art since 1948, announced today that industry veteran Brian Schroeder has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing. With more than fifteen years of industry experience, Schroeder has a significant marketing and sales background, including eight years at … [More]
ThomasNet.com and ISM Join Forces to Strengthen Supply Chain Industry
Tempe-based Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) and New York-based ThomasNet.com® have joined forces to address a looming shortage of management professionals in the industry, which depends on a new pipeline of talent from the Millennial (18-32) generation to maintain its strength. “Purchasing and supply chain management are among the most strategic careers in the global … [More]
Entrepreneurs’ Organization Selects Top Arizona Business Owners For Inaugural Awards
Entrepreneurs’ Organization Arizona (EO) announces its selection for two highly coveted membership awards for the 2013-14 board year. Lauren Bailey, co-owner of the Upward Projects restaurants, was dubbed the “Entrepreneur of the Year” and Robert Clinkenbeard, founding principal of Integrated Landscape Management, received the “Member of the Year” award at the conclusion of the … [More]
Arizona Needs to Improve Its Human Capital, Report Shows
Arizona’s manufacturing sector is being slowed by a lack of human capital, according to a new report from Ball State University. The 2014 Manufacturing and Logistics Report, prepared by Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) for Conexus Indiana — the state's advanced manufacturing initiative — shows how each state ranks among its peers in several areas of … [More]
Hi-Health Rolling Out New High-Tech Store Concept in the West Valley
Hi-Health, a specialty nutritional product retailer, is pioneering a new concept for its stores, with its Glendale location the first of its West Valley stores to receive the high-tech makeover. The renovations aim to make it easier and more convenient for customers to learn about health and nutrition products with a wealth of information customized for their health and fitness … [More]
CBRE Enhances Service Offering With Addition of Jay Lefevers, Founding Principal of Viewpoint Group, LLC
CBRE’s Phoenix office has announced that Jay Lefevers, founding principal of Phoenix-based Viewpoint Group, LLC will join CBRE’s Valuation and Advisory Services team. This addition further enhances CBRE’s platform and will position the company to better service its clients throughout the region. “I am excited to welcome Jay to the CBRE team,” said Mike Rowland, senior … [More]
Ballistic Furniture Systems Unveils New Bullet-Resistant Product Line for Office Systems
Coming soon to an office near you: a bullet-resistant cubicle, wall and work space. Ballistic Furniture Systems, Inc. has unveiled its next-generation family of ballistic barrier technology, Amulet™ Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3, designed to seamlessly integrate into high-quality office systems with the strength to stop high-powered handgun and rifle fire. The uniquely … [More]
AFS Technologies Appoints CPG Thought Leader Chris Rice as Industry Strategist to Further Strengthen CPG Capabilities
AFS Technologies, the leading provider of software solutions for the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry, has appointed Chris Rice as senior vice president of Industry Strategy. In this role, he will provide strategic consulting to ensure CPG companies are equipped to optimize the benefits of a fully integrated software solution suite in order to capitalize on growth … [More]
Local Comment on Today’s Economic Report
Today’s release of one of the nation’s most trusted economic surveys casts in sharp relief how pervasive our political leaders’ inattention to small-business job creation is, according to the Arizona state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, America’s voice of small business. As it does very month, NFIB releases it’s Index of Small Business Optimism, … [More]
GoDaddy Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, has announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its Class A common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been … [More]
Local Motors Inc. Announces Winner of Car Design Challenge
Local Motors, Inc. is excited to announce the winners of the first 3D Printed Car Design Challenge that was launched in April to uncover concepts that will inform and influence the vehicle that will be printed live at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 in Chicago, Illinois, September 8-13, 2014. More than 200 entries, representing submissions from 30+ … [More]
