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  30 years of relevant retail market information

  This year we are celebrating 30 years of Radiografía del Consumidor, a project designed by a group of professionals, who in 1992 wanted to start sharing important and relevant information about the retail market with other members...

  • Posted August 25, 2022
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  Independents: Resilient, Creative and Nimble

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most challenging business environments that independent community grocers have ever had to face, and it’s not over yet. The sudden shift in retail spending behavior during the second quarter...

  • Posted August 25, 2022
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  THINK STRATEGICALLY: Serving in Gov’t Is all About Character

  Integrity, Character, and Strong Values As we begin our discussion, we must review what a moral compass is. A moral compass is the set of values taught since childhood that allows an individual to make prudent decisions...

  • Posted August 19, 2022
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  RSM PUERTO RICO CELEBRATES 45th ANNIVERSARY

  Unveiled Hall of Fame honors founding members; partners thanked customers for their continued support PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, August 17, 2022 – RSM Puerto Rico, one of the leading local audit, tax and business-consulting firms targeting the mid-market,...

  • Posted August 18, 2022
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  The Global Challenge

  The global economy continues immersed in an environment of market volatility and uncertainty, driven by inflationary pressures and rising interest rates. Inflation is no longer supported by “too much money chasing a few goods.” Instead, supply-side factors...

  • Posted August 18, 2022
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  Act 41 Legal Challenge Warned

  FOMB Seeks to Halt Labor Changes; Governor Refuses As Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi held steadfast last week in refusing to stop the implementation of Act 41 of 2022, which repealed portions of Act 4 of 2017,...

  • Posted August 11, 2022
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  Global Matress Invest Millions In larger Facilities

  Move to New Ponce Factory and Store Constructions Underway Global Mattress—a wholly Puerto Rican company that in September celebrates its 35-year anniversary developing innovative products—continues its steady expansion in Puerto Rico with the construction of a factory...

  • Posted August 10, 2022
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  Startups Get a Makeover

  Venture Capital Seen as an Alternative for Emerging Fintechs While banks in Puerto Rico are awash in cash, this has not necessarily translated into available financing for startups, especially those seeking to sell new technology. The challenge...

  • Posted August 10, 2022
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  Paradores and Small Inns Encouraged by Airbnb Growth

  Study: Airbnb Contributes to the Creation of 24,000 Jobs Locally Following a recent study by Oxford Economics on the economic impact of properties in Puerto Rico that offer Airbnb’s short-term lodging service, the Puerto Rican Parador and...

  • Posted August 10, 2022
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  Civil Society and Gov’t Present Tools to Empower Citizens

  New Online Platforms Address Social Issues, Provide Jobs Puerto Rico possibly stands at one of its most historic crossroads regarding how the socioeconomic makeup of the island unfolds amid an entrenched pandemic, among many other—even global—driving factors;...

  • Posted August 9, 2022
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  INTERNATIONAL EVENT HELD ON THE ISLAND

  “The AIESEC Alumni Leadership Summit will offer a great opportunity to expand knowledge of leadership, education, third sector and business” Press Release August 4, 2022, San Juan, Puerto Rico – The international network of professionals, leaders and...

  • Posted August 8, 2022
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  HUB Advanced Networks, LLC has the first building in Puerto Rico to obtain TIER III certification by Uptime Institute

  Press Release (August 5, 2022- San Juan, PR) – The HUB Advanced Networks, LLC data center, better known as HUB787, received the UI TIER-III certification that positions it as the only building in Puerto Rico to obtain...

  • Posted August 5, 2022
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  THINK STRATEGICALLY:

  Private Sector Pays for Public Employee Salary Hikes Government Employees: Happiness is Living on the Island of the Public Sector Early last week, on July 18 to be precise, 246 Institute of Forensic Sciences employees staged a...

  • Posted August 4, 2022
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  Draining the Tax Swamp

  When Puerto Rico’s Treasury secretary, Francisco Parés, and Justice secretary, Domingo Emanuelli, announced they had landed several of the biggest fish in the tax fraud swamp, the tandem had reason to feel they were changing a culture...

  • Posted August 3, 2022