ANN ARBOR — If you run a retail business in Michigan, you already know the cycle: You hire someone.You train them.They leave. And you’re right back where you started. Again. This isn’t just frustrating—it’s quietly draining your business every single month. The Real Problem Isn’t Just Wages Most retail owners assume turnover comes down to
DETROIT - Channel Sales .PRO has expanded its offerings to now include what CEO Rick Beckers describes as Video-as-a-Service Marketing. He appears on MITechTV to explain. Beckers said video is not replacing the written word, but it is making a significant impact on how people find and consume the products and services that they want
SPECIAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY IN DECLINE WASHINGTON DC - A major international study is raising new alarms about the health of American democracy — and it’s landing at a politically volatile moment in U.S. politics. The V-Dem Institute, based at the University of Gothenburg, has downgraded the United States from a “liberal democracy” to an “electoral
DETROIT — Cannabis dispensaries across the United States are facing a growing workforce challenge: retaining employees in a rapidly expanding but still evolving industry. Many cannabis provisioning centers operate with large hourly workforces, including budtenders, retail managers and support staff. While the industry has created thousands of jobs, many smaller operators struggle to offer traditional
GRAND RAPIDS — If you’re going to throw one last gala before riding off into retirement, you might as well bring in someone who knows how to own a stage. That’s exactly what Davenport University is doing. The university’s annual Excellence in Business Gala on May 2 at DeVos Place will feature Emmy- and Tony-winning
SOUTHFIELD - WDIV Detroit 4 has partnered with STATE CHAMPS Sports Network to expand its coverage of high school sports in Metro Detroit, including more than 50 live game broadcasts. Lorne Plant, vice president of Operations at parent copany Yelllow Flag Productions, in this video iterview, also talks about how the alliance with the Detroit
GRAND RAPIDS – New Community Transformation Fund (NCTF), a statewide venture capital fund based in Grand Rapids, announced today the first close of its new $20 million Fund II. The public-private fund includes an investment of up to $9.8 million from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business Venture Program. The state investment requires NCTF to raise
ANN ARBOR - Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, gold, and silver are all declining at the same time — an unusual alignment that suggests investors are reassessing risk across the board. For Michigan, where manufacturing, supply chains, and capital planning dominate economic thinking, the selloff offers a revealing signal about how markets are responding to tighter financial conditions
DETROIT - Detroit’s launch of a new microgrant program aimed at helping small businesses adopt modern technology underscores a much larger challenge facing Michigan’s innovation economy: early-stage tech companies and digital-dependent small businesses are chronically underfunded at precisely the moment when technology investment is becoming essential to survival and growth. City officials, working with the
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity is encouraging manufacturers and their workforce/non-profit partners to apply for a share of $260,000 in funding to develop and implement transportation programs that improve employee retention, productivity and access to work. The Reliable Rides Incentive Grant Pilot Program builds on the recently-released Reliable Rides: Connecting
