Several hundred Southern Nevada attorneys will be recognized tonight as part of VEGAS INC’s annual “Top Lawyers” program. Honorees were chosen in collaboration with Martindale-Hubble, which for 140 years has ranked attorneys based on the opinions of their colleagues.
Scores of digital marketing gurus are expected to descend on Las Vegas this month. Impact13, an annual Internet marketing convention, will be held Sept. 25-27 at Aria. It is organized by the Internet Marketing Association of San Clemente, Calif., which counts more than 810,000 members.
JuveRest: The Sleep Wrinkle Pillow is a new multipatented beauty product engineered to help prevent and reduce sleep wrinkles caused by recurring facial compression during sleep.
Roger Thomas works in a close and interactive relationship with Steve Wynn, DeRuyter Butler and the Wynn Design team to imagine, define and craft the aesthetic experience of Wynn Resorts.
Local residents, companies and groups will be honored Tuesday night for their philanthropic work in Southern Nevada at VEGAS INC’s sixth annual Angel Awards. Recipients are featured in the Giving Guide distributed with this week’s VEGAS INC.
Dewey Street is a place for people to come together to make things. It offers classes in various arts and crafts, with the most popular being sewing lessons for kids and teens.
As They Grow is a seasonal, semi-annual children's consignment event. The business holds four events a year: a spring/summer event and a fall/winter event in Henderson and Summerlin.
They use their time off from work to volunteer. They dedicate profits from their businesses to charities and schools. They create programs to better the community. These are some of the Las Vegas Valley’s unsung heroes, the people who work under the radar to improve the lives of others.
Las Vegas is home to a staggering amount of wealth, but residents fall short when it comes to philanthropy. Nevada dropped from the ninth most generous state in 2004 to the 37th in 2009, with contributions falling 34 percent while average incomes fell only 6 percent. That isn’t to say the city lacks generous donors. To be sure, many community members go above and beyond with giving and charity work. But what can be done to increase their ranks? What needs to happen to encourage philanthropy in the valley?
Lice Happens was co-founded by a registered nurse and quality assurance professional in Annapolis, Md. After years of successfully helping hundreds of families get rid of head lice back east, it has grown into a highly sought-after service that answers a need among families with school-aged children.
US Airways will relocate this week from the A Concourse to the D Concourse at McCarran International Airport. Starting Wednesday, US Airways flights will arrive and depart from McCarran’s D gates. Ticketing and baggage will remain in Terminal 1.
Mugsy & Moxie’s Bully Couture is an all-breed boutique that specializes in the nine bully breeds: English bulldog, French bulldog, American bulldog, pug, boxer, bull terrier, mastiff, Boston terrier and pit bull. The business offers training, grooming products, collars and apparel, and other custom items.
There is no doubt that increased eye contact improves the quality of your interactions, making you seem warmer, more confident, more trustworthy, more competent and much more approachable, says Laura Olson-Reyes of Bally Technologies.
Our annual special publication “Best Places to Work” recognizes and honors companies who have an atmosphere, policies and compensation plans in place that its employees are pleased with and speak highly about. This is the 12th year that we’ve honored companies for their workplace programs. And, for the fifth consecutive year, we’ve partnered with Quantum Workplace, a third-party research firm that manages similar “Best Places to Work” awards programs in more than 40 cities across the United States.
Pediped Footwear's primary concern is the health and well-being of children’s growing feet. Whether your child is crawling, learning to walk or running around, we have a stylish shoe that fits comfortably while ensuring healthy foot development.
To compete with the giant chain pharmacies, Well Care Pharmacy decided to focus its business model on free delivery service anywhere in Las Vegas or Henderson.
Wholesome Tummies & WT Cafe is a made-from-scratch school lunch provider. Its menu items are prepared fresh daily in its commercial kitchen, pre-packaged and delivered to schools for their students.
A group of Southern Nevada’s top medical professionals will be honored tonight at VEGAS INC’s 7th Annual Health Care Headliners event. Awards are handed out in 11 categories that cover a wide range of roles in the health care industry.
The Cooking Experience by Mise En Place offers courses that cater to everyone’s needs, from Le Petit Classes for kids to Flash Courses for home cooks looking to improve a specific dish or family meal to Gourmet Courses for foodies who want to take their cooking to the next level.
USA Boutiques carries an eclectic assortment of items including toys, belts, purses and wallets, flip flops, greeting cards, clothing for children and adults, vases, dinnerware, candles and more.
Starting your own business can be dicey, to say the least. Forty-nine percent of all mom-and-pop operations fail in their first five years. But that means more than half succeed. Small businesses are far from the majority in the Las Vegas Valley, but thousands of entrepreneurs are making it every day, running – and in many cases, growing – successful companies. Here’s a look at several of them and the secrets of their success.
The Heart Brokers is a personal matchmaking, date coaching and image makeover company founded by Stephanie Brown and Alex Simon, the “First Couple of Matchmaking.”
One of the most important philosophies and business practices Nobu Hotel Restaurant and Lounge embraces is a personalized level of guest service. The personalization begins before a guest even steps foot on the property.
Some of the best and brightest business professionals in Southern Nevada will be honored tonight at VEGAS INC’s 13th annual 40 Under 40 event. This year’s honorees include company presidents and CEOs, law firm partners, doctors and college deans.
For at least one stalled project in Las Vegas, there's hope. An Asian gaming powerhouse announced Monday it plans to build a $2 billion megaresort on the site of the stalled Echelon, which has sat unfinished since 2008. But many other projects launched during the boom and abandoned during the bust remain untouched.
Managers of Yellow-Checker-Star Transportation say they’re prepared to continue taxi service even if union drivers walk off the job early Sunday as expected.
Dollheads Blowdry and Extensions Bar's customers are women looking for a fun environment in which to fill their hair care needs at affordable prices before a night out, as well as special groups, including bachelorette parties.
AA Printing Service prints everything from business cards, brochures, postcards, fliers and letterhead to wedding invitations to full-color banners, posters, billboards and signs.
A look at the people, places and things making news this year
Monday, Dec. 24, 2012
Many of the topics that dominated the discussion in boardrooms and lunch rooms across the valley will continue to make headlines in 2013. So in case you missed them, or to give you a heads up for next year, here’s a look at some of this year’s biggest business stories.