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Plano-Based At Home Announces ‘Thousands of Price Drops’ After Improving Its Freight Costs
by David Seeley | Mar 23, 2023
Plano-based At Home, a home and holiday superstore company that operates 261 locations in 40 states, saw its supply chain costs rise over $300 million between 2021 and 2022. The company says it has since found ways to improve its freight costs, and on Wednesday it announced thousands of "permanent price drops" on items including furniture, rugs, and décor.
by Lance Murray |
Mar 23, 2023
Kanarys and MAC Diversity Recruiters have joined forces to help organizations create more diverse and inclusive workplaces through data-driven diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging solutions and recruitment expertise.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 23, 2023
Denton-based Sally Beauty debuted its first salon and retail DIY hair hub in Denton Thursday, with five more locations planned in 2023. The company says the new concept will empower customers to reach the next level in their DIY-at-home hair journeys. "They know they can achieve great hair at home and are hungry for knowledge to help them do it," says Sally Beauty President John Goss.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 23, 2023
Just north of Dallas, Plano and Richardson are nestled together—and they share at least one thing in common. Both have been named among the "2023 Best Cities to Live in America" by Niche, a leading platform that connects students and families with colleges and schools.
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Plano Mayor John Muns, left, and Jonathan Latham, senior director of national sales from Capital One Auto Finance Division, rolled out the curriculum for the Plano Mayor’s Summer Internship Program at a weekend event with about 300 Plano high school juniors. [Photo: DesignB.Co]
Plano Mayor’s Summer Internship Program: A Unique Opportunity for Businesses to Shape the Future Workforce of Dallas-Fort Worth
by Lance Murray | Mar 22, 2023
Want to make a difference in the future workforce while also benefitting your business? It's not too late to sign up for the Plano Mayor's Summer Internship Program before the April 1 deadline. This program provides local high school students with valuable work experience and skills that will help them transition into college and future careers.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 22, 2023
Ranger Investment Management LP, a Dallas employee-owned boutique investment manager specializing in small- and micro-cap U.S. growth strategies, has been selected by Spanish wealth advisory firm Orienta Capital to manage a micro-cap growth portfolio within its new Acimut North American Managers FI Fund.
Ranger Investments is one of four U.S. asset managers awarded mandates from Orienta Capital after company officials researched and visited more than 200 investment boutiques specializing in U.S....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 22, 2023
The new name and relocation from Arlington are part of the firm's planned brand evolution in line with the vision of its new executive team, led by co-founders Alex Bryant and Ryan Dodson. Dodson says Street Realty "reflects our collective passion for urban projects and is a fun play on the fact that all buildings are located on some sort of street. We also like to think of ourselves as having forward-thinking street smarts."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 22, 2023
Samsung HVAC America is the North American HQ for Samsung’s heating and cooling products—including innovations like The Hylex, a compact, "game changing" outdoor unit that's compatible with virtually any existing HVAC system. This week, the company announced it's not just innovating—it's growing. Samsung HVAC is expanding its 228,000-SF HQ at Alliance Texas' Alliance Gateway 55 in Roanoke by taking over the entire 360,000-SF building.
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North Texas City To Unveil Its First Open-to-the-Public DC Fast Charging Station
by Lance Murray | Mar 21, 2023
XCharge North America will install its Net Zero Series EV charging station—which includes an energy storage system and a DC Fast Charging (DCFC) port option—at MD7's corporate HQ in Allen. This will mark the first deployment of an open-access DCFC charging station in Allen, the company says. The charger is designed with bi-directional capability that gives power back to the grid in times of need.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 21, 2023
The Texas Pinball Festival will be held March 24-26 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Frisco Conference Center, featuring more than 400 vintage and new pinball machines, along with classic arcade games that will be set on "free play." The hottest new game designers will offer seminars and Q&A's, there'll be a screening of the movie "PINBALL: The Man Who Saved the Game," and lots more things will be dinging, flashing, and flipping.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 21, 2023
The Samsung Galaxy Creator Collective—a two-day event designed to help content creators accelerate their growth and turn their passions into a career—is being live-streamed from Gilley's Dallas today and Wednesday. The livestream features more than 40 hours of content from the industry’s top creators and social platforms on Samsung’s Twitch and YouTube channels.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 20, 2023
Fident, a provider of virtual hospitalist telehealth services, offers a scalable solution to rural and suburban hospitals that delivers timely, accessible, and state-of-the-art care to their communities. That could help solve a growing national problem of strained rural hospitals across the country.
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An Urbansurf wave pool in Zurich, Switzerland, uses the citywave technology coming to Goodsurf Dallas in Deep Ellum. [Video still: Urbansurf]
Surf’s Up in Grandscape: Up to $10M Restaurant Venue Coming with Shred-Ready Wave Pool
by David Seeley | Mar 20, 2023
The only waves most people see in North Texas happen when the Cowboys are driving for a touchdown. But soon endless curls of, like, totally awesome and tasty waves will be peaking at Grandscape in The Colony. Coming to the rescue will be Fireside Surf, a restaurant with craft beers and signature cocktails built around a customizable deep-water wave pool whose German-based technology creates up to six-foot-high "standing waves."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 20, 2023
In December, the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to acquire at least 66,000 battery electric delivery vehicles between now and 2028. All those vehicles will have to be charged up, though—and now a company whose parent is headquartered in Dallas has been enlisted to help. Rexel Energy Solutions, a business unit of Dallas-based Rexel USA, has been awarded a three-year contract with the U.S. Postal Service for the supply of EV charging stations to be deployed at Postal Service facilities.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 17, 2023
The Big Bounce America is the largest touring inflatable event in the world and features four massive inflatable attractions: the 16,000-square-foot World’s Largest Bounce House; the newly added Sport Slam featuring a customized sports arena; a long obstacle course named The Giant that's more than 900 feet long; and a unique, space-themed wonderland called airSPACE.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 17, 2023
A new cost-of-living study by fintech company SmartAsset says Fort Worth, Arlington, and San Antonio are tied at No. 7 among 76 U.S. cities for "Where $100,000 Goes Furthest."
In the three Texas cities, a person earning $100,000 takes home $74,515 after taxes. But according to the study, that money is actually worth $80,124 when you adjust for the cost of living in all three cities—which is 7% lower than the U.S. average. See which city ranked highest—and where $100K is only worth a measly $36,000.
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