February 5, 2013
Anthony SchoettlePregame emergency plans help MainGate Inc. go into scramble mode and keep Super Bowl merchandise shops at the Superdome open
even while the lights were out.
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January 19, 2013
The companies, newly appointed to handle merchandise sale for the mega-event, are bringing in talent from across the country
to staff the game in New Orleans.
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February 2, 2012
Cory SchoutenLids Sports Group is emerging as an early Super Bowl winner among local businesses after betting big that souvenir sales would
shine.
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October 17, 2011
Chris O'MalleyCreation Cafe said Chicago online coupon company Groupon offered discounts it didn't agree to give. Groupon says it had
a signed contract.
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July 18, 2011
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsThe chain of bookstores will shutter its remaining 399 locations by September, including the few left in central Indiana.
Company brass blame the changing book industry, eReader revolution, and turbulent economy.
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November 27, 2010
Cory SchoutenNational retailers from Macy’s to Walmart, Best Buy to Lowe’s—brands built on national scale and buying
in bulk to lower costs and muscle out competitors—are offering a new proposition to customers: Help us become more local.
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September 28, 2010
Anthony SchoettleLocally based MainGate is testing the new NFL merchandise sales technique in Minnesota. Indianapolis could be next.
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June 26, 2010
IBJ Staffndianapolis-based MainGate Inc. signed a four-year deal with the Tennessee Titans to handle online and retail merchandising
services for the National Football League franchise.
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December 12, 2009
Gabrielle PoshadloThe pricey Espresso prints and binds books while customers wait. But retailers aren't sure what to expect when the the machine
gains wider acceptance.
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December 12, 2009
IBJ StaffMainGate holds an exclusive license to make and sell Patrick’s IRL-centric merchandise, and is
now in negotiations with New York-based IMG to get part of her NASCAR-related business.
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August 29, 2009
Anthony SchoettleWhen Brett Favre signed with the Minnesota Vikings Aug. 18, cheers could be heard at MainGate Inc.’s 7900 Rockville
Road headquarters. Predictably, Favre jerseys went flying off the shelves—about 6,000 in the first 72 hours—and
MainGate gets to keep a portion of those sales. The Vikings are one of six teams the Indianapolis-based merchandising
specialist has signed deals with in 2-1/2 years, making MainGate one of the biggest retail players in the goliath of professional
sports leagues.
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July 13, 2009
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based merchandiser MainGate Inc. continues scoring deals with National Football League teams.
On July 7, company officials announced they had signed a 10-year deal to be the exclusive retail and merchandising company
for the Minnesota Vikings.
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June 1, 2009
T-Mobile has inked a five-year lease for a 2,200-square-foot space at the 2 N. Meridian St. building on the northwest corner
of Washington and Meridian streets.
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"And the success of the Indiana GOP to not allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes? Fixed that for you; editorial bias rebalanced. Seriously, there are so many things wrong with Obamacare that the only way one can view it as a success is to assume that it was designed to fail our way into a government single payor healthcare system. The system is complex, creates huge regulatory burdens and overhead and yet still does not have adequate means to control escalating health care costs. But then when you elect a 10th grade math drop out with no quantitative reasoning skills to be President of one of the world's most important economies in troubled times, you can't really be surprised by blatant stupidity.
No NIMBYs here to chase off a decent development. We don't need tons of parking and we'd happily play the role of host to a downtown Whole Foods.
Whatever you do, don't change a single thing about Broad Ripple. I want it to look just like it did in the late '70s, with 30% of the north side of Broad Ripple Avenue burned out and plenty of places to park. That's right Broad Ripple, NEVER CHANGE. Let the world pass you by, don't improve your empty, abandoned lots full of weeds. Someday someone will want to film a zombie movie here.
Hollywood could step in and make a movie about the history about this forlorn series. It could be a full celebrity cast of characters. WOW. http://www.advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/02/indiana-taxpayers-forced-to-pay-for.html
This shouldn't come as a shock to many. Austin is a great city, and Indy needs to take some notes. Austin invests in decent transit options, has a highly educated workforce, embraces a creative class, and --despite being the state capital-- is not micromanaged by rural and suburban legislators. Want Indy to grow? Invest in the city (i.e. spend money). Raise taxes a bit, and use the money to improve education. And keep the state legislature out of Indy the other 9 months of the year.