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Monday’s With Rick: Economic Outlook Forecast Breakfast

Editor’s Note: Thursday morning at 7:30, the Augusta University Hull College of Business is hosting it’s annual Economic Outlook Breakfast. Findings for 2022 will be presented by the AU and ABD economist, Dr. Simon Medcalfe. Wells Fargo will provide boxed breakfasts from Chick-Fil-A. There is no charge, but you must register here AU and Hull are proud to provide this service to our business community. It’s also a nice networking event with about 100 business leaders expected. Our conversation was edited for brevity and clarity: ABD: You’ve attended all five

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Neil Gordon December 6, 2021 No Comments
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Teamwork Shortage

Business Coach Darin Myers of The Alternative Board, recently sat down with ABD Editor Neil Gordon for a discussion on how to keep all of your employees or co-workers rowing in the same direction, despite their vast differences.

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Darin Myers, TAB CSRA Coach December 6, 2021 No Comments
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Stock Market Meltdown

It’s been a week since the worst trading day of the year on the S & P 500. ABD Member and CSRA Financial Advisor, Kurt Mueller of Apollon Wealth Management explains there was a “Covid factor” and looks ahead to what Pfizer and Moderna’s next steps are.   

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Neil Gordon December 3, 2021 No Comments
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Marketing Magic

Augusta Business Daily is a proud, strategic partner of Augusta Podcasts, which is a division of Alison South Marketing companies. Alison South Marketing is one of the largest advertising agencies in the region with offices in Augusta, Aiken, Chattanooga, Fort Lauderdale and beyond. In today’s podcast a pair of “Southies” sit down and talk about what else… marketing!

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Neil Gordon December 3, 2021 No Comments
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Washington Road Businesses for Sale/Lease

Two longtime Columbia County service providers are taking the holidays off for the first time in decades. In today’s business video minute, Publisher Neil Gordon says it was just time for a change.

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Neil Gordon December 2, 2021 No Comments
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Columbia County Chamber raising funds to build local workforce

Every year, nonprofits, such as churches and colleges, solicit donations for Giving Tuesday, but this year, the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce Foundation wants to raise funds to address the local labor shortage. “We will be accepting Giving Tuesday donations until the end of the week (Friday, Dec. 3),” says Olivia Reich, the Chamber’s Communications Manager. “We are at $2,250, and our goal is $5,000.” That was the total at about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30. Donations will be used to fund various initiatives designed to connect Columbia County

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Josh Heath December 1, 2021 No Comments
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Local pet bakery to relocate and expand to Columbia County

A local pet bakery and grooming business will soon have two locations in the CSRA. Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming is relocating from 2907 Washington Road, Suite 204 in the Washington Crossing Shopping Center near Bonefish Grill to 2701 Washington Road in the National Hills Shopping Center. The new location was formerly occupied by the Legends Club and Simon’s Formal Wear. Summer Bennett – Manager and Co-owner of the local franchise, says she and her business partner, Dean King, plan to complete the move by the end of December. “We

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Josh Heath November 30, 2021 No Comments
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Your TV Ad: The Future Is Here

    Don MacNeil is the former Marketing Director of Windsor Jewelers and long-time on-air radio professional. Is it just me, or… Your TV Ad: The Future Is Here In a previous chat I took you on a marketing deployment journey into Facebook, finding it frankly a hall of mirrors for you not familiar with online social media ad placement. You may recall I confronted a legion of Facebook tutorial videos labeled, “Easy” and, “For Beginners”, the shortest of which ran 17 minutes, with the majority closer to 30. Then

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Don MacNeil November 30, 2021 No Comments
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New franchisee to take over “cool” local business

Maranda Carruth has always wanted to be a business owner, but she wasn’t sure what type of business it would be. Carruth will officially take over the Kona Ice of Western Augusta franchise on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, but she has been preparing for this new role for the last three years by learning the business from the current franchise owners, Dean and Denise Dozier. Dean is retiring, and Denise plans to continue working with the business for now. “It will be nice to have her around while I’m learning,”

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Josh Heath November 29, 2021 No Comments
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Nearly $2 million price tag for Augusta landmark

After 25 years in business, a local liquor store has been listed for sale for $1.9 million. According to a newsletter from the Beman Group with Blanchard & Calhoun Real Estate Company, the owners of Harvard’s Wine & Beverage, located at 110 Old Evans Road near the intersection of Bobby Jones Expressway and Washington Road, are ready to retire. The more than 9,000-square-foot store, which opened in 1996, carries a wide selection of alcoholic beverages, including wine, beer, and liquor. There’s also a second location at 145 Kings Grant Drive

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Josh Heath November 24, 2021 No Comments
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