Connextions health services’ foray into Arizona, which is bringing about 500 jobs to the Phoenix area, was prompted by the Valley’s “talented and strong work force,” according to John Hernandez, Connextions vice president of operations, who is leading the Phoenix office. The company, part of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health services business, works with seniors to help them … [More]
‘Lose Wait’ App Grows Business
Customer service lay behind Great Clips’s development of its online check-in app, aiming to get customers to the most convenient location, according to Ken Hand, a franchisee in the Phoenix market. The app provides users with a map of Great Clips stores near a zip code entered by the user or determined automatically near the location of the iPhone, Droid or Internet browser … [More]
Core Values Key to DIY Dinner Success
Laura Prefling and Sara Hinkel, sisters and partners in the Dream Dinners franchise in Phoenix — a sort-of kitchen away from home where individuals can prepare a large number of dinners all at one time — have come out of the recession with the opening this month of their third location. The success of their survival Prefling attributes partly to their low-budget, DIY approach … [More]
Why Sales Tax Fairness Matters for Online
In conjunction with the release of a new set of House Judiciary Committee principles, which lay out a legislative roadmap for addressing the collection of online sale tax, the National Retail Federation released a video on sales tax fairness. The two-minute video features small-business owners and retail leaders — from Arizona, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Vermont — … [More]
SiriusXM to Launch Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School
SiriusXM channel 111 is set to deliver invaluable business advice for business owners, entrepreneurs, executives and those who dream of starting their own companies. The live, call-in format offers millions of people unprecedented access to world-renowned Wharton professors, distinguished alumni and expert guests. Coming in early 2014. … [More]
Get Bumped
Sharing documents just got easier. With the recent-Google-acquired Bump app for the iPhone and Android devices, individuals can share contact information, photos, videos and files by simply bumping two phones together. Users can also share contacts, photos and files with others and sync with their own computer. The app will sync to the user’s devices or update others. … [More]
Simplify Your Expenses
With Expensify, employees, executives or house husbands and wives can simply record expenses for daily receipts, card transactions, mileage, travel and more. The mobile app syncs with the program back at the office for full download of expenses to an available accounting package that integrates to most office accounting programs. … [More]
Economic Growth Up in Valley and Nation
Real GDP increased in 305 of the nation’s 381 metropolitan areas in 2012, led by growth in durable-goods manufacturing, trade and financial activities, according to new statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real GDP in metropolitan areas increased 2.5 percent in 2012 after increasing 1.7 percent in 2011. Greater Phoenix-Scottsdale-Mesa was among the … [More]
The Gladly
Self-proclaimed the new Camelback Corridor hot spot, The Gladly is a creation by the people behind the very successful Citizen Public House. This new concept is housed in the space once occupied by Ruth’s Chris Steak House in the newly renovated Anchor Center. The proclamations seem to be accurate. The powerful lunchers are spending their noon hour at The Gladly, and not … [More]
Celebrity Chefs Do Lunch, Too
The Valley is known for many celebrity chefs — too many, in fact, to mention. Here are a few of their lunch hot spots that will tempt your palate and likely allow you to engage with the on-property celeb chef himself. (They are also all longtime community supporters who work with hundreds of local nonprofits to help raise money.) Christopher’s Crush Gourmet lunchtime fare … [More]
