Profile of Manuel Lujan Agencies for the Healthiest Employers 2012 publication, spotlighting outstanding workplace wellness programs in New Mexico.
I contributed 45 profiles for the New Mexico Powerbook 2003, interviewing leading business and political figures, and young entrepreneurs for the ’40 under 40′ section.
Legislative Session Brings Bucks to Santa Fe
Santa Fe’s hotels and restaurants roll out the red carpets for New Mexico’s State legislature, as politicians and lobbyists boost hospitality industry sales during the ‘soft’ season.
Commercial spaces lure business away from Taos Plaza
Lynne White looks very settled in her Taos office. Offering consulting services to artists and galleries, Brody & White Consulting Inc., moved into the bright and airy space last September, and the 1,500-square-foot office, studded with clients’ work, creates exactly the homey feel that White spent two months hunting for.
But White, like many other Taos business owners, is keeping a careful eye on developments in the town’s commercial real estate market. Full article by Tania Casselle on Taos Commercial Real Estate at New Mexico Business Weekly.
As the doors opened at Trader Joe’s first New Mexico store on August 16, a crowd of Santa Fe shoppers lined up eager to stock their shelves. The opening, however, also met with the sighs of a few Santa Feans — some with retail stores of their own — who said they’d be happier keeping local business local.
Read the full Anyone for a bottle of Three-Buck Chuck? article on Trader Joe’s at New Mexico Business Weekly online.
A Profitable Connection by Tania Casselle
When Video Casa owner Judith Witten opened her second DVD rental store in Taos, she had no idea what a performance it would be to integrate two outlets – and the experience wasn’t at all entertaining.
The challenge of connecting branches ‘divided’ by DSL and wireless bit into profits on her annual gross revenues of $700,000, ate up her 20 employees’ time, and inconvenienced her customers. As it happened, the Taos Sheriff’s department was attempting to solve a similar riddle. “My guy talked to their guy,” says Witten…
Read the full article for New Mexico Business Weekly online.