Richmond BizSense is now a profitable company. It feels like finally finishing freshman year of high school. We’re not quite as worried about getting beaten up or stuffed in a locker.
Aaron Kremer
Aaron Kremer is the founder of Richmond BizSense. Email him at [email protected].
NewsFeeds 4.13.09
Banks wary of TARP fund restrictions (Virginian-Pilot) Taking inexpensive capital from the Treasury Department sounded like a great idea when the credit and capital markets were frozen late last year. But today, a growing number of banks are having second thoughts. UVa Hospital sees fewer procedures (Daily Progress) As of January, UVa’s hospital saw its… Read more »
Selection at S&K to slim?
Local blogger Daniel Durazo has an interesting first-hand account of the troubles at S&K. He went to buy pants and couldn’t find any selection. That’s not a good sign for any retailer. Read his post here. “But once I started to look around, I was struck by how barren the store looked, especially when compared… Read more »
NewsFeeds 4.10.09
S&K names new leader; Chairman Siegel takes expanded role (Times-Dispatch) Joseph A. Oliver III was let go yesterday. The Henrico County-based chain replaced him with Jonathan M. Tibus, an executive with Alvarez & Marsal North America LLC, a global restructuring firm hired by the chain to help manage the chain’s turnaround. Stuart C. Siegel, S&K’s… Read more »
Layoff protection plans: Marketing gold?
At first, Danny Fisher wasn’t a fan of Hyundai’s new marketing campaign for “Total Assurance,” which would let a customer who had lost a job return a new car. Fisher, the general sales manager at West Broad Hyundai, said he didn’t think it would drive shoppers into the dealership. That was in January. He has… Read more »
NewsFeeds 4.09.09
Rate-a-Doc: Online services prompt some to use privacy agreements (Virginia Lawyers Weekly) Some doctors are raising eyebrows by trying to control what patients say about them in online rating services. The rapidly growing Internet rating services are themselves eye-opening. They offer a unique forum for people to talk – with no reservations and often no… Read more »
NewsFeeds 4.8.09
Hopewell considers leasing marina (Progress Index) Hopewell finally has a plan for the city’s marina. The parcel on the banks of the Appomattox might be leased to a private developer and a seafood restaurant opened on the neighboring property. Council member Gerald Stokes presented this vision to the public in a work session last night…. Read more »
Strip mall files for bankruptcy protection
A Chesterfield shopping center has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Rockwood Square LLC, which owns the Rockwood Square strip mall on the 10,000 block of Hull Street (near the corner of Courthouse) filed for bankruptcy protection late last week.
Richmond printer acquires Washington outpost
Worth Higgins & Associates, a commercial printer based in Richmond, has expanded by buying a Northern Virginia printer and hiring a handful of workers from a shuttered local competitor.
NewsFeeds 4.7.09
Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out (Washington Post) The recent surge in the Washington area’s defense-contracting workforce would begin to ebb under Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’s latest budget proposal as the Pentagon moves to replace legions of private workers with full-time civil servants. Communities print their own currency to keep cash flowing (USA Today) The… Read more »