Posts Tagged ‘Business’
New Bay Area business offers inexpensive makeovers for children
For centuries, parents of unattractive children have struggled for a solution to their plight. Now KidWrap, a new company out of Brandon has come along with what may be the solution! “It’s pretty simple, really,” said owner Brad Floont. “Much like wrapping a motor vehicle, which consists of several huge vinyl decals that are applied…
Read MoreTampa’s Top 5 Roadside Merchants
Hey, remember when you had to get in your car and drive to some fancy store with a display window and electric lights and like, a door or something, inside of some bourgeois mall like an asshole if you ever wanted to buy something? And then along came Web Sites® where you could buy anything…
Read MoreGovernor DeSantis knows his way around places where men gather to seek anonymous gay sex
“As somebody who used to drive 95 up and down this congressional district and driven all over the state, I know my way around rest stops and service stations.”
Read MoreAnother retail chain closing
Yet another beloved chain of local retail stores has fallen victim to the struggling economy and will be closing soon. Mike’s Roadside Merch will be joining the ranks of Burdine’s, Maas Brothers and others when its last location on the northwest corner of Dale Mabry and Kennedy in Tampa shuts down later this week. The…
Read MoreTampa-based online retailer set to challenge Amazon.com
A new American multinational technology company based in Tampa, focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence is setting their sites on toppling Amazon.com as the industry leader in all those areas. Hqzuk9.com operates out of a building located at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Wilder Street in Seminole Heights. “It’s actually…
Read MoreBrewery owners dissolve partnership after unresolvable disagreement
The long-planned grand opening of Beer Bros Tap Room and Craft Brewery in Seminole Heights has been cancelled, along with any plans to ever open at all after a bitter disagreement between the partners over a business matter. “I wanted to have an angel wings mural and he wanted an oversized beach chair”, says Joe…
Read MoreFreshly furloughed employees learn meaning of the word ‘subjective’ the hard way
Some employees of Associated Office Application Associates in downtown Tampa received a vocabulary lesson along with an unpleasant surprise at their weekly all-staff meeting. CEO Gary Simmons opened the meeting in an unusual manner, setting many employees on edge immediately. “You know, English is a very funny language. Well, not so much funny as unusual.…
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