Whether Baltimoreans are in need of school supplies or craving late-night munchies, a new service is launching in the city to bring those goods to customers’ doorsteps on demand. GoPuff, a Philadelphia-based digital retailer, plans to launch in the Baltimore area this month. The company will stock...
Longtime Orioles manager Buck Showalter, whose departure from the team was announced in October, has placed his Baltimore County home for sale. The gated 5,579-square-foot residence, located in Lutherville, has five bedrooms, four and half bathrooms, a pool and a second catering kitchen for large...
Two years after the Mars grocery store closed its doors in Timonium, the Padonia Village shopping center is angling for a comeback with the opening of grocery store Green Valley Marketplace. David Donato, senior vice president at Padonia Village owner Continental Realty, said the store will be...
Howard’s oldest shopping center is undergoing a remodeling and its owners have demolished portions of the main structure. Normandy Shopping Center, off Route 40 in Ellicott City, will be outfitted with new walls and a new facade. The partial demolition in the 104,000-square-foot space started Sept....
Holiday lovebirds might get a better deal on partridges, golden rings and maids-a-milking this year than Americans who don't base their gift lists on classic carols. The cost of buying all goods and services in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" has gone up by roughly half the pace of overall U.S....
Fresh doubts about a wobbly truce in the U.S.-China trade war Thursday triggered stock market turmoil in the United States and Europe following the unusual arrest at U.S. request of a top executive in one of China's most prominent corporations. The Chinese government demanded the immediate release...
FedEx Supply Chain is holding a job fair Monday and Tuesday in Towson in hopes of signing on 500 people for full-time seasonal jobs — in York, Pa. Perhaps reflecting low-unemployment and tight competition, the shipping company said it will bus workers to the facility in York, pay $16.40 an hour...
The Baltimore Police Department’s new online job application is helping the agency blow past its monthly recruitment goals, but the number of new hires continues to lag official targets and last year’s performance, a recent report shows. From January through May, 526 people submitted applications...
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to express disappointment in General Motors for “closing plants” in Ohio, Michigan and Maryland while sparing facilities in Mexico and Canada. The Detroit automaker — which U.S. taxpayers saved from collapsing with a $51 billion bailout a decade...
Stanley Black & Decker announced a $250 million cost reduction program in late October that could affect the toolmaker’s workforce in Maryland. The company cited “external headwinds” that included new tariffs and other costs. “As we shift to 2019, we are now preparing for the carryover effect of...
When a 9-year-old girl was disappointed to find Under Armour’s Curry5 basketball shoes only for boys, she went right to the man himself. Riley Morrison, a Napa, Calif., fan of Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, wrote the NBA star a letter telling him girls, too, “want to rock” Curry5’s....
Under Armour and other large organizations have a “massive opportunity … to use this moment in time” to improve the diversity of their workplace cultures, the Baltimore brand’s founder told Washington-area business people Tuesday. Addressing a meeting of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Under...
Under Armour has been working for nearly two years to turn around its faltering business. Now, the Baltimore-based company acknowledges it needs to transform its corporate culture as well, so it can stand up to scrutiny of the #MeToo movement. The once predominantly men’s brand with deep roots...
The House of Morgan has arrived in Baltimore. JPMorgan Chase announced Tuesday that it is opening an office of its Private Bank in Baltimore’s Harbor East. The J.P. Morgan Private Bank focuses exclusively on serving high net worth customers with an array of banking and wealth management services....
When you're running a small business, the productivity of your employees can make or break you. That's why it's so important to optimize work environments, using tools and technology to avoid roadblocks that could keep your people from accomplishing their daily goals. The smartest managers continually...
While some may say owning your own business is achieving the American Dream, for many others, working for a small business is an equally fulfilling career choice. In fact, the Aflac 2018 Small Business Happiness Report revealed most small-business employees feel satisfied at their workplace. Although...
If you own or manage a coffee shop, bakery or restaurant, or if you’re thinking about opening one, you may want to consider supporting a social mission. Serving more than food or a cup of coffee can nourish your community and the lives of you and your staff. A restaurant owner/manager has a lot...