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Effort to produce 'sexy modest' apparel turns into fashion empire

Sisters Vivien and Fernanda Böhme immigrated from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to Salt Lake City with their family as young children. Vivien had a penchant for numbers and Fernanda leaned toward the creative. With a work ethic gained by experiencing the trials of an immigrant family…

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Heavyweights to headline May's economic meet

The leader of Northrop Grumman and the former leader of Hewlett-Packard will be the featured speakers during the Utah Economic Summit, set for May 17 in Salt Lake City. Kathy J. Warden, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman Corp., and Carly Fiorina, former CEO of…

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Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce announces 2019 Peak Awards

The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the recipients of its 2019 Peak Awards. Winners were honored at the organization’s luncheon in February. The 2019 Peak Award winners are: • Small Business Woman of the Year: Tracie Drage, Brown Floral. • Small Business Man of the…

Clear the Air Challenge winners announced

The Salt Lake Chamber, along with its partners TravelWise and UCAIR, have announced the winners of the 10th annual Clear the Air Challenge. Fidelity Investments was the large team winner and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality won in the small team…

Navy partners with Salt Lake City’s Sarcos Robotics for full-body & inspection robots

Salt Lake City’s Sarcos Robotics, a global robotics systems developer, has signed a partnership agreement with the U.S. Navy’s Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) to evaluate and deploy robotic technologies, including full-body, powered…

Jeanfreau named CEO at iMpact Utah

Orem-based consulting and training firm iMpact Utah has announced the appointment of a new CEO. Winthrop Jeanfreau replaces outgoing CEO Chad Parker. Upon taking over at the helm of the company, Jeanfreau announced that iMpact Utah had expanded its services to all business…

Dunn Associates tabs Ketcham as president

Dunn Associates Inc., a structural engineering firm based in Salt Lake City, has named Tait Ketcham as president. He was promoted from his position as an associate to lead the firm. “My passion is finding solutions to complex engineering questions and associating with our great…

Renovation converts Orpheum Theater to shared office space

CommonGrounds Workplace, a workplace-as-a-service company based in San Diego, has leased and renovated the former Orpheum Theater in downtown Salt Lake City and opened it as a shared office space. The entire three-story, 19,792-square-foot historic building at 132 S. State St.…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 3-25-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Overstock.com Overstock.com Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported a net loss attributable to Overstock.com Inc. stockholders of $42.3 million, or $1.39 per share, for the fourth quarter ended…

Legal Matters: Legislative round-up for the 2019 general session of the Utah Legislature

By Gary R. Thorup The Utah Legislature concluded its annual general session on March 14. The Legislature adjourned an hour early, but the session was action-packed and record-breaking. In all, the Legislature passed 574 bills and resolutions, beating the previous record of…

Succeeding in Your Business: Battling the big boxes - and winning: Part 1

By Cliff Ennico Nothing — and I mean nothing — frightens a small-business owner more than hearing that one of the big-box retail chains — Walmart, Costco, Lowe’s, Home Depot and the like — is moving into town (well, maybe that Amazon is moving into its line of…

'Vibrant market' results in nearly 100 Utah acquisitions per year

By Brice Wallace Utah companies remain strong targets for acquisitions, with a variety of factors working in the state’s favor. Three of the past six years, the number of acquired Utah companies has been 100 or more, and the 2018 figure of 91 transactions followed a 102-deal…

Biskupski takes unilateral action, sues over Inland Port Authority

By John Rogers In a move that came as no surprise to most observers, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski last week filed a lawsuit in the 3rd Judicial District Court of Utah questioning the legality of creation of the Inland Port Authority by Utah’s Legislature. The mayor has…

Transportation leads largest CPI drop in 3 years

The cost of transportation includes the price of both gasoline and vehicles and both took a slide in February. Local transportation costs fell 3.6 percent last month, leading to the largest one-month drop in consumer prices in over three years. The Zions Bank Wasatch Front…

Women Tech Council addresses tech gender gap - and ways to improve it

Brice Wallace Women Tech Council wants to address the gender gap in the technology sector and has issued a report outlining ways to close it. The national organization, based in Utah’s Silicon Slopes area, also released a list of companies it says are “accelerating removing the…

Fusion BPO buys Ohio firm

Fusion BPO Services of Draper has acquired Canton, Ohio-based Ameridial Inc. Fusion BPO is a global outsourcing services provider that also has an operation in Kolkata, India. Ameridail provides telemarketing services to the healthcare, retail, e-commerce and automotive dealer…

Utah business organizations applaud decision to delay tax bill, create task force

The Salt Lake Chamber, the Utah Technology Council and others have hailed the Legislature’s delay on acting on a tax reform bill that would have decreased the state sales and use tax rate but imposed a sales and use tax on services. Meanwhile, during the general session’s final…

WTC Utah hosts Women’s Day celebration

World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) co-hosted an International Women’s Day celebration on March 8 in cooperation with the Women’s Business Center of Utah (WBCUtah) and the Salt Lake Chamber. The event, moderated by EDCUtah president and WTC Utah board member Theresa Foxley,…

Employers Council named 2019 ChamberWest small-biz honoree

ChamberWest, the trade organization that represents West Valley City, Taylorsville, West Jordan and Kearns, named Employers Council as its Small Business of the Year for 2019 during its annual awards gala celebration held late last month. “We congratulate Employers Council on…

2019 science & tech medals announced

Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert, along with the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR), have announced the winners of the 2019 Governor’s Medals for Science and Technology. The medals will be presented to the four honorees at the Utah Technology Innovation Summit at…

Succeeding in Your Business: Got a college graduate in your basement? Time to call the 'den mothers'

By Cliff Ennico Do you have a recent college graduate living in your basement? Is your child getting close to graduating from college with few or no job prospects on the horizon? Has your son or daughter boomeranged back to you after some time living on his or her own? If so,…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 3-18-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Profire Energy Profire Energy Inc., based in Lindon, reported company-record net income of $6 million, or 12 cents per share, for the full year 2018. That compares with $4.4 million, or 9 cents…

Plenty of support for computer education bill

By Brice Wallace With the 2019 general legislative session nearing an end, the Salt Lake Chamber and others are mounting a final push for passage of a bill aimed at fortifying Utah’s workforce pipeline. The chamber last week held a news conference to back the passage of HB227,…

Park reservation plan could cost Moab area millions in tourist bucks

By John Rogers If Arches National Park moves forward with a plan to require advance reservations for visitors, it could lead to an initial economic hit of as much as $22 million to the Moab area, according to an economic analysis commissioned by the National Park Service (NPS)…

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