Small Business

• Tim Grobaty

March 21, 2019

CBD company Weekend Unlimited to open its first U.S. store in Long Beach on 4/20

by Tim Grobaty    in Small Business

The two-story, 5,000 square-foot shop will open at 1043 Pine Ave., in a former medical building near St. Mary Medical Center and will offer a wide range of CBD products including edibles, lotions and extracts.

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Arts & Culture, Small Business

• fashion
• _instagram

December 18, 2018

Maggie Stoll’s Burke Mercantile battles fast fashion and ugly tape dispensers

by Asia Morris    in Arts & Culture, Small Business

Maggie Stoll’s business, Burke Mercantile, is a pinprick-sized light in the dark, unsustainable world of fast fashion.

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Small Business

• Lucy's Boudoir

November 22, 2018

It started with a mystery smell; Bixby Knolls bra boutique reopens after a flood of sewage

by Stephanie Rivera    in Small Business

A bra-fitting boutique in the city’s Bixby Knolls neighborhood finally reopened Monday following a weeks-long closure due to a rupture in a city main line pipe that caused sewage to flood into the business.

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Small Business

• small business saturday

November 21, 2018

Where to shop local in Long Beach on Small Business Saturday

by Asia Morris    in Small Business

Small Business Saturday was launched 8 years ago, now it's an annual tradition with Long Beach businesses—from entire corridors to pop-ups—celebrating the occasion.

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Small Business

• Kiva Long Beach

September 12, 2018

From donuts to beauty supplies and videos—these locals need your money to grow their small businesses

by Stephanie Rivera    in Small Business

Brandon Chhea owns a donut shop in Long Beach where he's asking for help from the community to build up the neighborhood business.

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Small Business

• CritiqueIt

August 12, 2018

Tech start-up survives recession, is acquired by online learning platform

by Jason Ruiz    in Small Business

Alexa Fleur reflects on the path that had brought her to this moment, one of the last days with the business she helped found.

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Small Business

• David Rosa

June 27, 2018

Meet the Long Beach company behind Honorbands for fallen first-responders

by Tim Grobaty    in Small Business

More than 80 different agencies of police, sheriffs, Highway Patrol and firefighters and their various unions and supporters have made use of the services of Honorband.

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Small Business

• Coffee

May 28, 2018

Five Local Coffee Shops to Try Tuesday During Starbucks’ Temporary Closure

by Stephanie Rivera    in Small Business

While thousands of Starbucks locations nationwide are scheduled to close Tuesday afternoon for an anti-discrimination training triggered by an incident in Philadelphia last month, there are plenty of minority- and women-owned coffee shops in Long Beach locals can support...

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Small Business

• boxing

May 8, 2018

Former Team USA Boxing Member Opens Her Own Club in Long Beach

by Angela Truong    in Small Business

The community came together to celebrate the grand opening of Guv’nors Boxing Club in east Long Beach on Saturday.

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Small Business

• vip records

May 2, 2018

World Famous VIP Records Launching New Business Incubation Center to Help Start Up Small Businesses

by Medina Kabir    in Small Business

As World Famous VIP Records continues to work on securing a permanent site for its historic sign, it’s making advances in other projects it has its eyes set on.

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