Covid-19 has inflicted much on us all over the last seven months – illness, separation from friends, family and colleagues, unemployment – plus the hardship and anxiety those things bring. It has also brought with it depressing conformity; both in the way we must conduct our lives and a prevailing […]
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For a lot of business leaders, particularly those involved in outward-facing roles, conferences have been a staple of working life for decades. Whether by the shores of a frozen lake in Colorado or in the ballroom of a soulless hotel in Topeka, Kan., we can all recognize the props and […]
How many times in the last few months have the words “When things get back to normal…” come out of your mouth? “When things get back to normal, I’m finally using all my vacation days and taking that trip to Italy.” “When things get back to normal, I’m never saying […]
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced Thursday that the city would offer free community testing at the Waikiki Shell through the end of November, using a surplus of 28,000 test kits. The surplus comes from a partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services formed to conduct several weeks […]
U.S. retail spending picked up last month, according to the Commerce Department, rising about 2% from August to continue five months of retail sales growth following huge declines in March and April. The pandemic has led to a big shift in where shopping is taking place. A record 15% of […]
SALT LAKE CITY – The Salt Lake County Mayor’s Office released its proposed budget for 2021, and it includes a massive impact from COVID-19. Officials say a lot of county offices will have to make due with what they have now. When the pandemic reached Utah, every department in Salt […]
Blima Ehrentreu is the founder and CEO of The Designers Group, an interior design firm with offices in Toronto, New York, and Miami. She spoke to Doreen Lorenzo for Designing Women, a series of interviews with brilliant women in the design industry. Doreen Lorenzo: Have you always been interested in […]
By Jack M. Germain Oct 19, 2020 12:04 PM PT The upcoming holiday season is looking a lot different than anyone would have suspected this time last year, as a result of the continuing pandemic. Holiday shoppers are forced to shift their buying habits, and merchants continue to struggle to […]