Achievements Plexus Worldwide Celebrated for Ethics iCIMS Award for Talent Acquisition Innovation Philanthropy Fresh Cravings’ ‘Salsabrate’ Gives Back Barro’s Holds St. Mary’s Food Bank’s Biggest Fundraiser of the Year … [More]
Plexus Worldwide Celebrated for Ethics
Plexus Worldwide, a leading health and wellness company based in Scottsdale, was named a finalist in the Better Business Bureau’s 2021 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics in the Big Business category for its demonstrated commitment to ethics and trust in four categories: character, culture, customers, and community. … [More]
iCIMS Award for Talent Acquisition Innovation
Risas Dental and Braces staff member Regina Limon has been recognized with an iCIMS 2021 Innovator Award, celebrating talent leaders’ dedication to improving the candidate experience, for the practice’s recruiting and talent processes through new programs and processes. Risas is committed to changing the way dentistry is offered in the United States, making it accessible for … [More]
Fresh Cravings’ ‘Salsabrate’ Gives Back
Fresh Cravings, a Phoenix-based, family-owned brand known for produce-aisle chilled salsas and hummus dips, recently honored Tierra Madre, an Arizona-based sanctuary for both horses and humans with a $5k donation as a part of its Salsabrate™ The Good giveback campaign. This is a great example of local organizations looking out for each other, which is in-line with the goal of … [More]
Barro’s Holds St. Mary’s Food Bank’s Biggest Fundraiser of the Year
In its continuing efforts to help fight hunger in Arizona, Barro’s Pizza hosted its Tenth Annual Doran Barro Holiday Hunger Fight, a one-day fundraiser that raised more than $330,000 for St. Mary’s Food Bank. With the recent contribution, Barro’s Pizza has raised more than $2.1 million, which equals almost 15,000,000 meals for Arizona’s hungry, and every dollar raised equates … [More]
Drybar Succeeds with Industry-Changing Benefits
It’s been 10 years since Amy Ross opened her first sunny-looking yellow and white Drybar location in the Valley — the popular blow dry-only hair salon famous for offering glamorous, stress-free “blowouts” to women of all hair lengths and styles. Her sixth franchise location recently opened in Tempe at the Watermark. While Drybar has continued to grow in popularity over the … [More]
Nomad Launches in Phoenix to Innovate the Long-Term Rental Market
Nomad publicly launched the first-of-its-kind two-year Guaranteed Rent Offer in Denver in 2020, during the pandemic. While providing the certainty and ease of guaranteed rent to rental owners and helping guide residents through the depths of the pandemic, the company quickly gained hundreds of properties in less than 12 months. Capitalizing on the momentum, its leadership set … [More]
Nextgen Television Service ‘Turns On’ in Phoenix
Evoca TV is a totally new paradigm for TV delivery that is less expensive, more efficient and offers a superior picture to legacy providers. Evoca’s patent-pending architecture combines the power of ATSC 3.0 — the technology behind next generation television — with an innovative, hybrid method of using both over-the-air and over-the-top connections for TV services. The Evoca … [More]
Looking Good 2022 – January Standouts
Achievements Award for EV Pilot Program Recognitions Fill AvAir’s 2021 Philanthropy Item 9 Labs Funds Cancer Support Western Wealth Contributes to Happier Holidays … [More]
Award for EV Pilot Program
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of Arizona recently received a Sustainable Options/Corporate Sustainability award from Valley Metro as part of the agency’s annual Clean Air Campaign recognition program. The award recognizes efforts by Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits to reduce emissions in its delivery fleet by launching a pilot program to test two electric vehicles in … [More]
Recognitions Fill AvAir’s 2021
AvAir, an industry leading inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, continued to have impressive growth and reached new milestones in 2021. Early in the year, the company earned the No. 1 position on Airline Economics’ Aviation 100 “Parts Supplier of the Year” rankings. This ranking is judged on several criteria that include parts stocked, clients and number … [More]
Item 9 Labs Funds Cancer Support
Item 9 Labs went pink by giving green for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The award-winning cannabis product brand — whose CEO entered the industry after seeing how cannabis helped his mother through the pain during her breast cancer treatments — donated $5,000 to the American Cancer Foundation and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk from sales of limited-edition pink … [More]
Western Wealth Contributes to Happier Holidays
Western Wealth Communities and Western Wealth Capital (WWC) were humbled to again share the annual Rent-Free Christmas program and provided free rent in December for 58 deserving families – one in each community WWC serves – so they may use those funds to instead create a Christmas/Holiday memory with their family. As part of the program, 14 families in 2021 also received a … [More]
Holiday Season Retail: Shoppers Will Make Up for Lost Time
JLL recently surveyed U.S. consumers to find out how they intended to shop for the holiday season … and the news is good for the retail sector. Shoppers plan to spend 25.4% more this holiday season than in 2020. That’s a rise from an average $694 per person last year to an average $870 per person this year — getting us back to almost pre-pandemic levels. Phoenix’s … [More]
Splitting the Homebuyer/Agent Commission
Homie, a disruptive real estate technology company changing the way homes are bought and sold, recently implemented a 50/50 program that offers buyers an opportunity to get a rebate of up to 50% of the offered buyer agent commission when also using other Homie affiliated services such as Homie Loans, Homie Title and Homie Insurance. “Our goal at Homie is to change the way … [More]
New Franchise Brings Personalized Fitness to Differently Abled
A new fitness franchise recently opened its doors in the West Valley, bringing the latest scientific approach to fitness to individuals with physical and mental challenges, including those diagnosed with conditions like autism, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy. The Special Strong franchise is growing rapidly, demonstrating the emerging … [More]
Colorado Fast-Casual Expands into Phoenix for Its First Franchise Foray
Mici Handcrafted Italian, a family-owned, fast-casual concept based in Denver, has expanded into Phoenix with its first franchise deal — which will be Mici’s first locations outside Colorado. Founded in 2004 by siblings Jeff, Kim and Michael Miceli, the brand has positioned itself for growth since bringing on CEO Elliot Schiffer in 2017. To lead Mici’s expansion and growth … [More]
Migration and the Pandemic – 1-800-JUNKPRO Sees Growth
An emerging franchise brand, 1-800-JUNKPRO identified Phoenix for its plans to develop and expand into Arizona after the market was recently voted one of the top 10 best places to live after the COVID-19 pandemic. The junk removal and dumpster rental company has four locations available in the metro and surrounding areas and has reported a 16% average increase in same-store … [More]
