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Outdoor Retailer returning to SLC

John Rogers Salt Lake’s prodigal son is on his way home. The Outdoor Retailer trade show, the nation’s largest outdoor recreation trade show, is leaving Denver and moving back to Utah five years after it bolted for the Mile High City, despite boycott threats from major…

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Utah's great for life sciences, summit panelists conclude

Brice Wallace Utah’s life sciences got plenty of love at a recent industry summit in Salt Lake City. A panel discussion about achieving success in the life sciences field was sprinkled with Utah kudos from several company CEOs, who lauded both the industry and the state’s…

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Four Utah cities top economically in U.S.

If you need confirmation that Utah’s economy is booming, consider this: For the second consecutive year, the Provo-Orem area leads the nation atop the 2022 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index among large cities and Salt Lake City came in third. Besides that, Logan…

Five keys to developing a highly engaging and desirable company culture

Richard Tyson Company culture has increasingly become an important factor for candidates that have more options than ever when looking for a job, yet many organizations still glide over this critical element. According to a recent article in the Harvard Business Review by Sarah…

Sarcos buys Pittsburgh firm

Salt Lake City-based Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. has announced that the company has reached a definitive merger agreement to acquire Pittsburgh-based RE2 Inc., a developer of autonomous and teleoperated mobile robotic systems for use in the aviation, construction,…

Chamber updates Economic Dashboard

The Salt Lake Chamber’s Roadmap to Prosperity Coalition has updated its Economic Dashboard for March. The chamber published the dashboard in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. The coalition cited three key finding from the March…

Quotient Technology names Krepsik as CEO

Quotient Technology Inc., a Salt Lake City-based digital media and promotions technology company, has announced that Matthew Krepsik, currently the company’s chief technology officer, will become Quotient’s CEO by year-end 2022. Krepsik will succeed Steven Boal, who has served…

'Decision gap' hurting business

A new study conducted among chief information officers, chief data officers and vice presidents in data-oriented positions released by American Fork’s cloud-based business intelligence platform Domo pointed to a significant data decision gap impacting companies’ business…

Utah's women-owned businesses contributing to pandemic recovery

Marla Trollan Since 1987, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has celebrated Women’s History Month to recognize the role women entrepreneurs play in building and strengthening our local and national economies. Women have transformed the face of entrepreneurship across…

Intelitechs buys Total Cloud IT

Intelitechs, a Salt Lake City-based managed IT services provider, has acquired Total Cloud IT of South Salt Lake. The acquisition opens the door to expansion by Intelitechs into serving a broader group of small to mid-sized businesses across the country with both managed IT and…

Succeeding in Your Business: When investing in a startup, what rights should you have?

Cliff Ennico “I am a retired entrepreneur. I turned a $7 million company into a $60 million company and then sold it. “I’ve joined a group of angel investors. We meet once a month and review business plans for startup companies in our area. And yes, we socialize and sometimes…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Co-Diagnostics Co-Diagnostics Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported net income of $36.7 million, or $1.23 per share, for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31. That compares with $42.5 million, or…

Industry Briefs

Industry Briefs 4-4-22

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com . The submission deadline is one week before publication. BANKING • Bank of Utah , Ogden, has named Brady Fosmark , commercial lending team leader, as…