The new Black Friday: Small businesses rely on Saturday promotion to boost sales
Small Business, Tri-County EconomySmall businesses throughout the Tri-Counties will offer their own promotional events and discounts as part of the most recent addition to the holiday shopping calendar, Small Business Saturday.
Study: Skilled workers priced out of San Luis Obispo
Central Coast, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyThe findings highlight a pervasive mismatch between the high price of even starter homes and the number of jobs that pay wages high enough to support those prices. Experts say the gap is a significant roadblock to the state’s economic growth.
First coffee, then the world: Teeccino breaks into breakfast market
Features, Small Business, Women Inc.After spending the past 18 years growing the leading coffee alternative product in the country, Carpinteria-based Teeccino is expanding into the fast-growing health foods market.
Soda space race: Rocket Fizz goes national with franchising
Features, Small BusinessRocket Fizz founders Robert Powells and Ryan Morgan have built a nationwide soda-pop enterprise out of quirky novelty creations such as their best-selling bacon-flavored soda and glow-in-the-dark “Martian Poop” soda.
