Spokane startup Beardbrand, a men’s grooming products company, will compete for financial backing during Friday’s network TV show “Shark Tank.” Company CEO Eric Bandholz will introduce the company and products to the show’s panel of five “sharks” or business or venture fund advisers. Beardbrand's ecommerce…
The Nut Factory, a fixture along Interstate 90 for more than 15 years, will close its retail store-production site and move its wholesale operations to another warehouse. Owner Gene Cohen said the Spokane Valley site, at 19425 E. Broadway Ave., will be closed in the…
Seattle travel-advisory company Utrip has added Spokane to its online directory of city destinations. The free service, also available through VisitSpokane.com, provides suggestions for travelers to find and experience a city using Utrip’s suggestions. Utrip, started in Seattle by former Spokane resident Gilad Berenstein, provides…
Are you ready to pay for your parking with a smart phone? City officials believe that's the future. They're testing and about to deploy eventually a couple hundred new-styled parking meters that allow payments via apps (or through near-field communication, for those with NFC-enabled devices).…
Spokane company Dionysus Technologies Inc. has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to help develop and distribute its innovative system for improving the taste of wine. It's called the Sonic Decanter, and the $85,090 Kickstarter campaign is part of the plan to release the…
Who is the guy brave enough to take a chance on developing the rocky one acre plot just along Ruby Street, near Gonzaga University? He's David Schneider, a developer out of Southern California. He and partners (not identified) are working on a 60-unit Ruby Apartments…
If you wondered how Spokane's 14-year-old phenom entrepreneur Brooke Martin is doing, here's the answer. She's doing very well. Her company, icPooch, is up and running and selling the widely-heralded icPooch treat dispenser she developed with her father, Chris Martin, and others. She recently won…
We print the quarterly Hart Capital NW stock index, which shows a relative gauge of 12 area publicly traded companies. It's measured against the S&P 500. Here's the 3Q index in graphic form. The story that goes with the index summary ran last week.
AmericanWestBank has announced plans to acquire Bank of Sacramento. The deal, announced Wednesday, is subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. Founded in 1998, Bank of Sacramento has $468 million in assets and four branches, all in the Sacramento area. AmericanWest has $4 billion in assets,…
Spokane Mayor David Condon is the guest speaker tomorrow -- Thursday -- at a business lunch hosted by K&L Gates law firm. The lunch runs from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lincoln Center, at 1316 N. Lincoln St. Condon will speak on the…
Greater Spokane Incorporated is hosting a Green Economy symposium in downtown Spokane today (Wednesday), starting at 3:30 p.m. at the Spokane Club. Who's presenting? Patrick O'Keefe, a senior VP and managing director at CH2M Hill; Elson Floyd, president of Washington State University; and Philip Mezey,…
Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels is not done with its plans for Seattle. Two months ago it announced it will sell its Bellevue hotel. Last year it also sold off its downtown hotel and made it one of its franchise properties. On Monday the company announced…
Josh Wade, who launched Nectar Tasting Room in 2011 in downtown Spokane, is adding a wine-and-beer specialty store and pub in the Kendall Yards neighborhood. He will move into a 2,200-square-foot space adjoining Veraci Pizza, east of Central Food. His new location will be called…
Finders Keepers Jewelry store on Spokane, originally started by Deena Caruso, is closing down. It's offering huge markdowns to help sell off its inventory, that's it, said co-owner Connie Pearce. Here's their Facebook page. The expected last day is Oct. 25. Caruso was the guiding…
About 40 U.S. attorneys general announced they arranged a $105 million settlement with AT&T Mobility to resolve consumer problems over the problem of cell phone "cramming" charges. Washington will get about $807,000 from the settlement. Idaho will get about $230,000 from the settlement. The news…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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