Pete Peterman couldn’t have imagined how much and how fast the company would grow under the new generation, which had a strategy that required a fundamental change in the business.
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Heath Outdoor is billing their new-look campus, which includes Digs Garden Center, as The Yard at North Mass.
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Driving the increase was an uptick in the wholesale price of services, led by higher profit margins for retailers and wholesalers.
Indianapolis-based tech entrepreneur Dan Hanrahan has set out to find a way to make the home repair process more efficient for homeowners and home services.
She and her husband, Robert, purchased the company in 1997, but she worked her way up the corporate ladder before taking on an official role.
Prices for physical goods actually fell 0.4% from April to May. Gasoline prices, for example, dropped 3.4%, furniture prices 1% and the prices of recreational goods and vehicles 1.6%.
Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions filters customers’ used cooking oil for reuse. It also cleans customers’ fryers and carts off used cooking oil to be recycled into biodiesel fuel.
Dozens of beauticians, barbers and stylists flooded the Indiana Statehouse on Wednesday, urging senators to take action on a bill establishing a cosmetology apprenticeship programs.
The pricing of the IPO gave Instacart a market value of around $10 billion, significantly lower than the $39 billion value placed on it after a fundraising round in 2021.
The combination of the two Indianapolis-based firms is expected to to result in increased job opportunities for environmental, health and safety professionals.
In separate deals, Houston-based Comfort Systems USA said it acquired Indianapolis-based Edwards Electrical & Mechanical Inc. and local temporary staffing company Kodiak Labor Solutions LLC.
The Canada-based hair styling chain specializes in wash and blow-dry services and special-occasion hairstyling. It has more than 100 locations, but none in Indiana so far.
The acquisition marks Marietta, Georgia-based Wrench Group’s first expansion into the Midwest and adds 400 employees to its operations.
Even before the pandemic, DoorDash, Grubhub and other delivery companies had a rocky relationship with restaurants, who criticized their high fees, lack of transparency and sometimes spotty service. That relationship was further tested by the pandemic.
For the first time since its founding in 1995, Angie’s List is getting a new name. But the reference to co-founder Angie Hicks isn’t going away.
The acquisition, announced Tuesday, was the 11th for Indianapolis-based Dickinson since 2017.
Private equity firms are simply head over heels for service firms such as plumbing and heating and air-conditioning companies.
Dickinson has about 1,000 employees overall, including 200 in Indianapolis. It operates 18 nationwide service centers and a fleet of more than 700 mobile repair units.
The owners of landscaping firm Heath Outdoor LLC have acquired True North Landscaping LLC, creating an Indianapolis-based company that is expected to have 60 employees and bring in $5 million in revenue this year.
Independent Suppliers Group, formerly known as Independent Stationers, is merging with Rosemont, Illinois-based cooperative TriMega Purchasing Association and Chicago-based Pinnacle Affiliates.
FormAssembly launched in 2006 and this is first time it will take outside money. The company says the investment comes in the midst of a wave of consumer demand for data regulation.
Purchase of SOPHI Global gives Denison a new subsidiary and adds Lucas Oil Estate and numerous downtown destinations to its valet holdings.
