The Closing Bell: How LouCity investors are already ahead; what’s next for B Corps; Taco Bell and KFC in top 25 retailers list; and more
By Staff | Posted on April 14, 2017Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend — a roundup of stories that can’t wait till Monday. United Soccer League franchise fee spikes 2000 percent in five years While Louisville’s professional soccer...
Monday Business Briefing: Sypris faces delisting; General Mills items for auction; new dog-themed eatery; Frankfort Ave. salon rebrands; and more
By Staff | Posted on January 23, 2017Welcome to the Jan. 23 Monday Business Briefing, your private business intelligence digest from Insider Louisville. Sypris shares up 9% for the year, still faces Nasdaq delisting Shares of Louisville-based Sypris Solutions have gained more than 9 percent so far this year — but...
The Closing Bell: Seelbach for sale; Ford teams up with tequila; Fed Reserve reports employment shortages for Lou, but Thorntons is hiring; and more
By Staff | Posted on July 22, 2016Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend — a roundup of stories that can’t wait till Monday. Seelbach Hilton Hotel owner puts historic hotel up for sale Editor’s Note: This story has...
Monday Business Briefing: Rough week for local stocks, Thorntons loses ‘core business’ during renovations, Westport Village vacancy, letter of intent for WHY Louisville space, more
By Staff | Posted on January 11, 2016Welcome to the Jan. 11 Monday Business Briefing, your private business intelligence digest from Insider Louisville. How three local stocks fared in the tumultuous first week of 2016 Like much of the market, some stocks of local importance fell in the first week of trading...
Thorntons is building a new headquarters in Louisville
By Stephen George | Posted on July 30, 2015Thorntons, the privately held Louisville convenience store chain retailer, is building a new corporate headquarters that will double the footprint of its current office. In an announcement from Mayor Greg Fischer and Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday morning, the company confirmed what IL first reported in March —...
Thorntons promotes Tony Harris to president
By Staff | Posted on July 1, 2014Thorntons is bumping its COO up to president and No. 2 in command behind CEO Matt Thornton. In October, Tony Harris will become president of the Louisville-based gasoline retailer/convenience store chain, one of the largest privately held companies based in Kentucky, with more than $2.3 billion...
Zip lines across the Ohio River? Russ Renbarger says, ‘Yes we can!’
By Melissa Chipman | Posted on December 11, 2013“Until someone like the mayor talks about our idea, it’s just an idea. Now our idea has a chance to be a reality,” says Russ Renbarger, founder of digital marketing firm Red Tag Ideas in the East End and self-proclaimed “creative junkie.” His firm works...
The future is now: Louisville’s New Establishment includes members of dynasties as well as emerging leaders
By Staff | Posted on October 15, 2012(Editor’s note: This is the introduction to our New Establishment special report. To see the entire list, we invite you to complete a very brief – we timed it at one minute – survey at the end of this post.) Like every city, Louisville...