Relaunching Duck Head (Times-Dispatch) “It is a great brand. It just needs to be restored,” said Sternheimer, former president of the family-owned A&N athletic footwear and sportswear chain based in Henrico County that shut down in early 2008. Sternheimer acquired the Duck Head brand for $2.65 million in a bankruptcy court auction last summer. Price… Read more »
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NewsFeeds 4.16.10
Raids target Roanoke Co. Internet parlors (Roanoke Times) Roanoke County police, with help from state and federal authorities, simultaneously raided four so-called Internet cafes Thursday afternoon, seizing computers, cash registers, business records and cash for evidence of what a police statement called illegal gambling and money laundering. Cargo at port up 22.3 percent compared with… Read more »
Otis Elevator building for sale
The 14,000 square foot former Otis elevator building in downtown (7 N. 2nd St.) Richmond is for sale. I love this building and if I had $600,000, I’d buy it from the state, which has listed it for sale with Zach Roski at CBRE. It was built in the 1920s, according to Susan S. Pollard,… Read more »
The Commonwealth’s naughty list
When it comes to collecting accounts past due, the state of Virginia has a tool most business owners would surely love to borrow: public shame.
Marketing moves
A Richmond ad man bought the firm he worked at and wants to grow it by signing more community banks. Another marketing firm gets ready to move into a 6,000-square-foot office in formerly vacant building on Broad Street.
NewsFeeds 4.15.10
University of Virginia pays highest faculty salaries in the state (Times-Dispatch) University of Virginia professors earn the highest average salaries in the state, followed closely by their peers at the University of Richmond, according to a survey of faculty salaries by the American Association of University Professors. Economy takes toll on commercial properties, too (Roanoke… Read more »
Business Licenses 4.15.10
Best name this week: Clear Choice Windshield Repair.
Bankers make more bucks
Pay for local bank executives rose in 2009 but was still below 2007 levels, according to SEC filings.
The Herd 4.14.10
A former Army captain joins a local law firm, and a host of other promotions and hires this week.
NewsFeeds 4.14.10
Norfolk-based Blackhawk Products Group is sold (Virginian-Pilot) Blackhawk Products Group, a Norfolk-based provider of tactical military and security gear to the armed forces and law-enforcement agencies, has been acquired by Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, headquartered in Minneapolis. Officials recall that in ‘70s no one backed plan for Downtown Mall (Daily Progress) Three of the… Read more »