What happens when three women have three different businesses and decide to merge into one space? You can find the answer at La Promenade Distinctive Shoppes inside the storefront The Collective, which opened in November 2017.The Collective originally started as a holiday pop-up and has evolved into a permanent location that offers women’s contemporary clothing, activewear, natural beauty items, gifts and kid’s clothing.Each of the owners still maintain her business: Lindsay Bangel, owns LABL VB (an activewear company), Tommi Long owns ContraVan (a mobile lifestyle boutique) and Sara Andrews runs Wanderful Boxes (a curated gift box company).Bangel, originally from Virginia Beach, worked in New York City for 14 years, most recently as a special ed teacher. In April of 2016, she moved back home to be closer to family and opened a fashionable activewear business.In May, the Oceanfront resident first opened her business inside the Jim White Fitness Studio on Laskin Road. At the … [Read more...] about The Collective combines several fashionable businesses in Virginia Beach
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Enter Newbury Weekly News Best in Business Awards
PARKWAY Shopping Newbury will be the sponsor of a new category at this year’s Newbury Weekly News Best in Business Awards. The Best Regional Event category will recognise an event of any description; either taking place for the first time in the past year or one that has been established for some time. The judges will be looking for innovation, organisation and participation. Entries must specify some precise objectives for the event and how they were achieved, while research and feedback from those who attended would strengthen the application. Financial goals can be either directly as a result of the event, eg fundraising for charity, or the impact that the event had on the area, such as local retail or hospitality. Finally, the judges would like to understand how the event has enhanced the local community. Parkway centre manager Andrew Marmot spoke about the impact holding events has on a business, saying: “In the competitive world that we live in now, it’s no … [Read more...] about Enter Newbury Weekly News Best in Business Awards
More businesses set up shop at the Piece Hall
A trio of independent businesses have set up shop at the Piece Hall, taking commercial occupancy to 70 per cent. Joining the 28 businesses already trading are a new family-run Lebanese restaurant, an optician and a vintage furniture shop.Al’s Emporium, owned by husband and wife team Alan and Simone Sargent, specialises in retro, vintage and antique furniture and collectables.Beit Setti is a Lebanese restaurant opening in June, while Bottomley’s Eyeware Boutique is the latest venture from Bottomley’s Opticians. … [Read more...] about More businesses set up shop at the Piece Hall
Hyundai Mobis Starts New Business for Core Auto Components…Entering Digital Cluster Market
SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2018--Hyundai Mobis (KRX:012330) is currently entering the market for digital clusters, a field which is on the rise as a driving information display solution for autonomous cars. For this, Hyundai Mobis produced a cluster equipped with a 7" display and applied it to Hyundai Kona EV. The company is also aiming to induce the development of a next-generation cockpit optimized for the era of autonomous driving.By entering the market, it is striving to actively respond to future car technologies such as autonomous driving and connectivity and enable them to become new growth drivers while focusing on developing infotainment and ICT parts.Hyundai Mobis has worked on developing a cluster, which is a core part of the cockpit to secure competitiveness in Level 4 autonomous driving. The company had successfully developed a large 12.3" cluster in 2015, and this year, it started to mass-produce a 7" cluster in just three years from then.Based on such … [Read more...] about Hyundai Mobis Starts New Business for Core Auto Components…Entering Digital Cluster Market
How Trump’s steel tariffs kick the can business
By Nick Carey WOODLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Dan Vincent is in a bind. The president of Pacific Coast Producers (PCP) plans to use around 700 million tin-coated steel cans this year for tomatoes, peaches and pears from 168 growers here in California. His cooperative then sells the canned fruits and vegetables to grocers ranging from Walmart Inc to Kroger Co, as well as food services companies such as Sysco Corp and a host of restaurant chains. Since President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminium to help the domestic steel industry on March 20, PCP’s steel costs have jumped 9 percent as the market prices in the tariffs before they even take effect. Vincent now expects his steel bill for the year to rise $18 million to $20 million, forcing him to choose between taking a potential 75 percent cut to his company’s profits, or pushing the added costs to his retail customers and eventually to consumers – many of whom are lower-income Americans … [Read more...] about How Trump’s steel tariffs kick the can business