Posts Tagged ‘Local Business’
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Read MoreSt. Pete woman convinced she has direct influence on local economy
Denise Bazugas of St. Petersburg firmly believes that her spending habits have a noticeable and measurable impact on local businesses. “‘Get Woke, Go Broke’ is an economic principle I believe in and support,” she said. “If you put a rainbow-colored ‘BLM’ sticker on your front window, I will not patronize your establishment and you will…
Read MoreTampa Bay’s first Small Batch Sperm Bank set to open in St. Pete
This spring, Tampa Bay will be home to the very first of its kind, small batch sperm bank. You have questions and so did we when we sat down with managing partner and brainchild of the operation, Peter Pulaski. He had plenty to say on the issue when TNF correspondent Miles Neff sat down to…
Read MoreTampa CEO sexually aroused by action taken by Better.com
Brent Sppoonholder, the CEO of Integrated Associated Business Systems Inc., a Tampa-based company that makes profits, had an interesting reaction to the news that Better.com recently fired 900 employees during a Zoom call. “This is the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” he said. “And technically, it isn’t porn so I can’t even…
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 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 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.…
Read MoreLocal CEO disappointed in quarantined employees lack of initiative
Carl Pliggs, president and CEO of Pliggs Business Ventures Inc. in Clearwater is deeply disappointed in the level of initiative displayed by his staff working from home during the current quarantine lockdown. “We have Zoom meetings twice a week, which I always end by dropping an obvious hint and not one of them has ever…
Read MoreThousands expected to not show up for rally to benefit business nobody supported
Hip Gentrified Area of Town – Hillsborough County – Saturday, 2.23.2019 In response to a recent announcement that the local book and record store “Poplar Music & Books” will be closing at the end of April, thousands of would-be shoppers are expected to avoid a rally to support the failing retailer. “It’s ridiculous and I’m…
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