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| Citywide survey shows homelessness and housing as top issues | Survey from 草榴社区 Center for Economic and Business Research |
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| Snow preparation sales balanced out the snow slowdown for some Whatcom businesses | The businesses that have 鈥渆xperienced-based transactions鈥 like movies, dinners or non-essential goods will most likely take a sales hit as a result of the storms, said James McCafferty in an email. McCafferty is the co-director at the 鈥 |
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| Bellingham ranks well in economic study because of consistent growth across many jobs | The overall picture for Bellingham continues to be slow and steady growth, said Hart Hodges, director at the 鈥 |
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| Disney Institute coming to Lynnwood Jan. 23 | The Disney Institute is bringing its renowned professional development course, Disney鈥檚 Approach to Business Excellence, to the Lynnwood Convention Center on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019.
Sponsored by Western Washington University and the Lynnwood鈥 |
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| Import tariffs squeeze small businesses here and elsewhere | Small businesses are much more likely to be negatively affected than larger, more diversified businesses, which typically have deeper pockets and more flexibility to change their product mix, said James McCafferty, co-director of the Center for Economic and鈥 |
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| Learn about San Juan County data, demographics with EDC | This year鈥檚 program, sponsored in part by Island Market and San Juan Propane, will include presentations by noted speakers James McCafferty, director of Western Washington University鈥檚 Center for Economic and Business Research; Dr. Anneliese Vance-鈥 |
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| 草榴社区, Lynnwood Chamber of Commerce to Co-Sponsor 鈥楧isney鈥檚 Approach to Business Excellence鈥 One-Day Course Jan. 23 | |||
| With the Bellingham Kmart closing, what does that mean for other retail stores? | One reason the national chain store closures have been relatively modest here is this market is relatively unique, said Hart Hodges, director at the 鈥 |
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| Online shoppers, here鈥檚 how you may be shifting city finances in Whatcom County | Overall retail sales have been climbing, but as a percentage, Blaine and other areas have been climbing faster. That could mean that some shoppers outside of Bellingham are redirecting a trip to the mall or other brick-and-mortar stores to an online source, said鈥 |
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| Tax revenue increase driven by construction, vehicles | Construction projects and more motor vehicle purchases contributed to an about 9 percent increase in taxable retail sales in Skagit County for the first fiscal quarter of 2018, according to a Department of Revenue news release. From January to March, sales were 8.8 percent greater than鈥 |