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A look inside one of ShipBob's fulfillment centers. [Video still: ShipBob]
Chicago-Based Supply Chain Platform ShipBob Opens New Innovation Center in Fort Worth
by Lance Murray | Sep 4, 2024
The Fort Worth facility, along with a new one ShipBob has opened in North Aurora, Illinois, will allow the company to better serve its e-commerce merchants "by tripling our operational space while combining our receiving, fulfillment innovation, and sortation centers into single facilities, paving the way for future growth and continued innovation," the company's supply chain officer said.
by David Seeley |
Jul 19, 2024
After launching in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic, Crush It! scored by offering multi-sport Full Swing Golf simulators, letting customers play football, baseball, soccer, hockey, and more. Now it's added nearly 4,000 SF, rolling out six lanes of Duckpin Social bowling along with new sports-themed arcade games and AR darts.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 7, 2024
Buchanan Technologies said the acquisition will help fuel its expansion and support its managed IT leadership while the company continues to grow as a "premier provider of outsourced, managed cloud solutions."
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 18, 2024
AmeriPac is a leading provider of turnkey contract packaging and fulfillment services with annual revenues of roughly $60 million.
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Fire Meets Ice: Solo Stove Family of Brands Brings Portable Air Conditioning Into Its Outdoor Lineup
by Lance Murray | Aug 10, 2023
Solo Brands, with its hallmark commitment to consumer passion and community engagement, is adding IcyBreeze Cooling to its outdoor lifestyle product portfolio. The deal was finalized on July 1, as announced by Generational Equity, a Richardson-based mergers and acquisitions adviser for privately held businesses.
In a statement, Generational Equity’s Michael Goss said the deal is the realization of a “vision and plan” set out alongside Sweetwater-based IcyBreeze President John Brinkman in August 2022. ...
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by Lance Murray |
May 25, 2023
Sera—a SaaS service for small-to-large size HVAC, plumbing, and other field service businesses—said it closed the oversubscribed funding round with a market cap three times the value the company had at the close of its Series A round in November 2021.
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
Nchacha E. Etta has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Fort Worth-based Omnicell Inc., a leader in transforming the pharmacy care delivery model, effective June 1....
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 26, 2023
Santa Fe-based arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf, which is opening a new facility in Grapevine, announced it has appointed what one publication called three “innovative humanoids” to its leadership team....
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Garin Giacomarro [Photo: Grapevine]
Grapevine Names Acting Director of Economic Development
by Lance Murray | Nov 12, 2022
Garin Giacomarro has been named acting director of economic development by the city of Grapevine, replacing Larry Holt who has left to take an economic development position in Los Angeles.
Giacomarro describes himself as an economic development professional with a passion for growing relationships, exceeding expectations, improving processes, and building up his community....
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 9, 2022
Ever.Ag, a Frisco-based AgTech supply chain software and financial services company, announced that it has added former General Mills executive John Church as an independent member to its board of directors....
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 19, 2022
Sensors and autonomous tech have made cars and trucks safer for years. Now Grapevine-based AllOY aims to do that for boats—by building its own line of electric-powered, autonomously enhanced boats complete with sensors and backup cameras.
“Sitting on the back of the boat with a glass of wine, it just became clear that those same things were going to have a radical impact on marine,” CEO Brandon Cotter told Dallas Innovates.
“Sitting on the back of the boat with a glass of wine, it just became clear that those same things were going to have a radical impact on marine,” CEO Brandon Cotter told Dallas Innovates.
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by David Seeley |
May 24, 2022
BILT has spent years helping consumers assemble BBQ grills, treadmills, and other products with its 3D interactive instructions app. Now—with millions in funding and contracts with the U.S. Air Force and Navy—it's hired a lobbying firm to help get the BILT app in the hands of America's armed services.
"They're hungry for innovation, and they're hungry for innovative ways to get around the traditional procurement process which usually blocks out small businesses," BILT's co-founder told Dallas Innovates.
"They're hungry for innovation, and they're hungry for innovative ways to get around the traditional procurement process which usually blocks out small businesses," BILT's co-founder told Dallas Innovates.
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Paycom Software's new campus in Grapevine. [Photo: Paycom]
Payroll Giant Opens Grapevine Office, Making North Texas Home to its Second Largest Operation
by Kevin Cummings | May 11, 2022
Paycom Software, an Oklahoma City-based payroll processing and human resources solutions firm, has opened a new operations center in Grapevine. Construction on the 150,000-square-foot, 14-acre campus began in 2019 with the aid of $5 million in Grapevine tax incentives. One thousand employees are expected to work there by end of 2022.
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by Dave Moore |
Dec 7, 2021
Arlington's Cooper Street Smart Mobility Corridor uses "connected vehicle-to-everything" technologies to alert drivers to traffic light changes, nearby pedestrians and cyclists, approaching fire trucks, and more.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Nov 12, 2020
Amazon's new contactless grocery delivery service is initially launching in only five cities, including Dallas. The service can be used in Richardson, Denton, Irving, and Grapevine, among other North Texas locations.
Prime members who are eligible can get a myQ smart garage door opener and also combine that with a Ring smart camera for peace of mind, Amazon says.
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by Quincy Preston and Sandra Engelland |
Aug 27, 2020
$25,000 to disinfect an office building? Toxic chemicals sprayed in a daycare? Thomas Holland, founder of APEX Property Services, has heard all the complaints about janitorial services. Now he intends to shake up the status quo. His company—a certified B Corp—is one of a limited number of preferred partners that can apply Allied BioScience's SurfaceWise2, the first antiviral surface coating approved by the EPA last week.
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