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Localizing a Global Hotel Brand: Moxy Denver Cherry Creek
Major global hotel brands are successful for a reason. They’ve cracked the code for customer loyalty by providing a sense of predictability, safety and ease of use for guests through a high level of standardization.
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Idaho buyer pays $9.69 million for Drake Crossing retail center
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Sculpture Milwaukee’s first artworks already capturing attention downtown: Slideshow
Passersby stopped along the Milwaukee River to watch the team of artists construct a large lumber structure, pounding together its beams with a big wooden mallet.
The assembly of “Skew,” a sculpture by Milwaukee artists Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, happened on Friday. The completed work, inspired by the slanted angles of deteriorating Wisconsin barns, will stand almost 14 feet tall and nearly as long. It is one of 21 sculptures being installed on Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee for the…
Women brewers struggle to find industry foothold
When Rhonda Kallman was looking for money to start Boston Harbor Distillery in 2012, she was asked by potential investors how many children she had.
Campbell Soup Co. CEO Denise Morrison abruptly retires
Denise Morrison, chief executive of Campbell Soup Co., has retired from the position she's held for seven years.
Morrison retired as president, CEO and director of the soup company, effective Friday, and she will be replaced by Keith R. McLoughlin, who will act as interim CEO, Campbell announced on Friday morning.
Morrison became president and CEO of the Camden, N.J.-based soup company in 2011, the first woman to the lead the company.
Her departure leaves only 23 women as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies,…
TRX in the park, anyone? Join me on a journey toward better health
I have been the market president/publisher of the Cincinnati Business Courier for seven years now. I would not attempt to guess how many chicken dinners, convention center breakfasts, galas, fundraisers and happy hours with sources and clients I have had. If you were to look at my waistline, you would probably guess that number to be quite high.
Last year I made an earnest effort to get back in shape. Routinely, you could find me at 5:45 a.m. at the Central Parkway YMCA on the elliptical, bike…
Chick-fil-A boosting scholarships by nearly $6 million
Chick-fil-A is raising its investment in scholarships by nearly two-thirds.
The Atlanta-based chicken sandwich chain said it will award $14.5 million in scholarships this year to employees, up $5.7 million from 2017.
It said employees “who are beginning or continuing their higher education” will be awarded scholarships of either $2,500 or $25,000.
In addition to $14.5 million in scholarships, all of Chick-fil-A's 120,000 staffers also have access to tuition discounts and other educational…
BJ’s Wholesale Club going public
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. is planning an initial public offering after being privately held for the past seven years, the Boston Business Journal reports.
The warehouse club operator will be listed under the ticker symbol “BJ.”
A valuation and number of shares has not been determined, but a federal filing indicates the maximum aggregate offering price would be $100 million, per BBJ. The Wall Street Journal in April reported that the company could be valued between $2 billion and $3…
Lion Coffee rebrands to attract new customers
Lion Coffee is rolling out new packaging for the first time in its 40-year history in Hawaii.
Meet McDonald’s new Hawaii leader
Similar to his predecessor Veronica Kaneko, Brad Miles worked his way up to a leadership position at McDonald’s.