Updated: Select Staffing files pre-packaged Ch. 11 bankruptcy
By Staff Report / Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 / Banking & Finance, South Coast, Top Stories / 1 Comment
The Select Staffing Family of Companies, the Santa Barbara-based staffing services giant, filed a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 1 listing between $50 million and $100 million in debts and $100 million to $500 million in assets.
Read More →Inogen swings to $18.2M profit in 2013
By Staff Report / Friday, March 28th, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Earnings, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Inogen swings to $18.2M profit in 2013
Medical device maker Inogen notched $18.2 million in profits, or $1.10 per diluted share, on $75.4 million in revenue last year, the Goleta firm said in its first earnings report as a public company.
Read More →Region presses ‘play’ on $60M film production industry
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 28th, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Region presses ‘play’ on $60M film production industry
Film and television production reels in an estimated $60 million for the region each year, and the industry’s impact on the Tri-Counties is likely to rise as tourism groups in each of the three counties ramp up their outreach to Hollywood.
Read More →A soft touch for transit: CHK America builds interactive route maps for cities
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 28th, 2014 / Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on A soft touch for transit: CHK America builds interactive route maps for cities
The first unit is being tested at the Santa Barbara MTD Transit Center, where the company will be refining the software that runs the system to make it as useful as possible to riders.
Read More →Deckers takes Apple-store strategy with Goleta shops
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 28th, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Deckers takes Apple-store strategy with Goleta shops
The flagship store features Deckers’ footwear brands and highlights its recent efforts to build out its own retail infrastructure worldwide. It also shows off Deckers’ so-called “omnichannel” strategy, whereby shoppers can, for example, try shoes on in the store and complete their orders online.
Read More →AmeriFlex celebrates 25 years of helping entrepreneurs
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 28th, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Personal Finance, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on AmeriFlex celebrates 25 years of helping entrepreneurs
After a quarter century in an industry that’s changed tremendously, AmeriFlex Financial Services is gearing up for its biggest year.
Read More →La Entrada to restart construction amid tourism tax boom
By Staff Report / Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on La Entrada to restart construction amid tourism tax boom
In another sign that the region’s tourism industry is entering boom times again, the city of Santa Barbara experienced double-digit growth in hotel taxes in the first eight months of its fiscal year. During the annual State of the City breakfast on March 24, City Manager Jim Armstrong said that Transient Occupancy Tax, or TOT, Read More →
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