January 25, 200817 yr This would be pretty awesome! Building his dream Serial entrepreneur Mahendra Vora's next move: Creating $100M IT headquarters in Tri-State BY LAURA BAVERMAN | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER January 25, 2008 After 20 years buying, selling and starting IT companies, technology entrepreneur Mahendra Vora has big ambitions: He hopes to create a more than $100 million local IT headquarters, VTech Holdings, with 4,000 global employees by 2010. He will purchase as many as four $5 million to $40 million companies in the first half of 2008 and follow up with three more acquisitions by year's end. Potential targets could build applications, provide IT services and staff augmentation or build IT infrastructure. Merged together, they'll be able to tackle the truly innovative projects that the largest companies demand from the firms they outsource. Local tech executives don't doubt Vora. ... More at: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/01/28/story2.html
January 25, 200817 yr Finally, a bit of good news in local economic picture BY STEVE WATKINS | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER January 25, 2008 In the face of a struggling U.S. economy, Greater Cincinnati's jobs picture just got some good news. The nearly three-year streak of the local unemployment rate running worse than the national average has ended. The rate in Greater Cincinnati dipped below the nation's average in November and stayed there in December, according to figures released Jan. 23 by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The November rate of 4.6 percent was a notch better than the nation's 4.7 percent jobless rate. Both popped up in December, with the local rate of 4.95 percent barely beating the U.S. rate of 4.98 percent. Both round off to 5 percent, the more widely reported figure. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/01/28/story6.html
January 25, 200817 yr PUCO not serving city's interests EDITORIAL | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER January 25, 2008 The latest controversy entangling Duke Energy has all the elements of a great American novel. Unfortunately, it's not fiction. And though Duke is being made out to be the villain, there are multiple heroes and bad guys in this plot. In case you missed it, Cincinnati class-action specialist Stanley Chesley on Jan. 16 filed a federal lawsuit against Duke, alleging that the company conspired to set utility prices that favor some Ohio industrial customers but penalize many others. In a move that's a little too close to pandering to future voters, Hamilton County Commission President Todd Portune is helping to solicit potential plaintiffs for class-action status for the lawsuit. The claims are actually old news, as they are based on a whistle-blower's December 2006 lawsuit that challenged the company's $20 million in annual payments to some big commercial users beginning in 2005. The former employee claimed the payments were made to the customers in exchange for their support of the utility's 2004 rate increase. That's why Duke's reaction is this: "Duke Energy believes the allegations are without merit and will vigorously defend itself. The contracts in question were the subject of extensive litigation before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, which affirmed Duke Energy Ohio's rates after full disclosure and review of the transactions. Duke ... stand(s) by the agreements in question as legally binding. The PUCO properly determined that parts of the transactions should remain confidential."
January 29, 200817 yr Cincinnati Bell, Kroger ink data-center deal January 28, 2008 | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER CINCINNATI - Cincinnati Bell will provide data-center and managed services to the Kroger Co. according to an agreement signed by the two Cincinnati-headquartered companies Monday. Cincinnati Bell previously provided wireline and wireless services to the nation's largest grocery retailer. Its technology solutions division will handle the additional information technology services. Although the terms of the deal and location of the center were not released, Cincinnati Bell recently completed a 60,000-square-foot data-center expansion at the Vora Technology Park in Hamilton. It also has asked the city of Lebanon for tax incentives to build a center there. Cincinnati Bell's technology solutions division has been its biggest revenue driver over the last year. In the third quarter of 2007, revenue grew 29 percent to $74 million. Earlier this month, it acquired Indiana-based disaster recovery firm GramTel USA Inc., a subsidiary of Chicago-based Jordan Industries, for close to $20 million. It also expanded to provide services to the Columbus market earlier in 2007.
January 31, 200817 yr $13M for Tata HQ January 30, 2008 | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER MIAMI TOWNSHIP – Tata America International has purchased a 196,000 square foot office building for $13 million to use as its North American delivery headquarters, according to Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The building, located in the Ridgewood Corporate Center at 1000 Summit Drive, was acquired from Milford Partners LLC. In October, Mumbai, India-based Tata received a $2.5 million grant from Ohio to help it acquire and improve the building and purchase about 220 acres of surrounding property.
February 2, 200817 yr Beazer Homes leaving Cincinnati-Dayton The Tri-State's sixth-largest home builder, Beazer Homes USA Inc. said it will discontinue its mortgage origination business and exit five markets, including the Cincinnati-Dayton area. The Atlanta-based home builder (NYSE: BZH) said it will discontinue mortgage origination services through Beazer Mortgage Corp. effective immediately and has entered into a new marketing services arrangement with Countrywide Financial Corp. (NYSE: CFC), whereby Beazer Homes will market Countrywide as the preferred mortgage provider to Beazer Homes' customers. The company also will exit its home-building operations in Columbus; Lexington; Charlotte, N.C.; and Columbia, S.C. ... More at: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/01/28/daily58.html?ana=from_rss
February 2, 200817 yr WAHOO!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 2, 200817 yr They are leaving Lexington's market too! Damn, 47% of their clients walked away down here, and the amount of sales have more than halved from 2005.
February 2, 200817 yr A little more and additional info....How will Liberty Twp. survive! :-D 2 homebuilders are scaling back BY MIKE BOYER | [email protected] Kenwood developer Robert C. Rhein Interests Inc. said Friday it is dropping plans for one of the largest single-family housing developments in Liberty Township along LeSourdsville-West Chester Road. And in another sign of the new housing slowdown, Atlanta-based builder Beazer Homes said Friday it will exit the Cincinnati-Dayton market and four other cities in the face of the weak new home market. Rhein planned up to 269 single-family homes starting above $300,000 on the 140-acre site west of LeSourdesville-West Chester and south of Hamilton-Middletown Road. The project, to be named Glenview Ridge, also called for up to 48 condominium units. ... More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080202/BIZ01/802020334/1076/BIZ
February 8, 200817 yr Memo describes Duke 'side-deal' arrangements BY JON NEWBERRY | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER February 8, 2008 CINCINNATI - An internal e-mail at Duke Energy seems to indicate that controversial "side deals" between Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. and industrial customers were intended to facilitate approval of its 2004 rate hike plan, contrary to statements by Duke officials. A copy of the May 2006 e-mail filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio details "the history behind" the arrangements, describing them as a way around a "roadblock" presented by large customers. "A number of large customers, some represented by industry groups, intervened in the filing. CG&E's and the PUCO's goal was to obtain rapid approval of the RSP (proposed rate plan) such that the new rates could go into effect on 1/1/2005. The interveners represented a roadblock, however. To eliminate this roadblock and prevent a formal hearing, CG&E negotiated special conditions with the interveners," the memo said. The result was a series of contracts under which CG&E - now Duke - has been making refunds based on charges included in the new rate plan. Duke has budgeted about $22 million annually for those payments, according to the e-mail. The name of the memo's author has been blacked out, but the author is identified as someone in Duke's "rate services" department.
February 9, 200817 yr Me and the 4 other people living in my house have collectively payed about 400 dollars for gas and electric last month in a house that is about 2000 sq. ft. Ridiculous!
February 10, 200817 yr I know we've discussed the branding industry in Cincinnati - I am not sure if it was a separate thread, but this is as good a place as any. This is a very nice article summarizing the companies, our history, and the possibilities in the future. There was a graphic of the list of some of the companies and their employment, but I do not see it online. The cradle of brands Some hope Cincinnati's image as the birthplace of product branding will be the key to drawing talent, energy into local economy By John Eckberg, Cincinnati Enquirer A bar of soap that floated a century ago spawned an industry in our region that today has a global reputation in advertising, product packaging and brand development. James N. Gamble figured out first that a phrase can capture a customer - or a million customers - and, as a result, his "99 & 44/100ths percent pure" Ivory soap slogan still resonates in thousands of jobs and dozens of companies involved in selling people products and services. "Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix, Denver - they have nothing like we have here," said Jerry Kathman, president and chief executive of LPK, a downtown-based company that is the world's largest employee-owned brand design firm. "We have an international reputation of being a center for advanced brand design - an aggregation of large firms: LPK, Interbrand, Landor and Deskey - many companies here with the scale and reach to manage complex design branding initiatives." With more than 400 businesses in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky that house product design and branding expertise, the industry is a local powerhouse. Thanks to Kroger Co., with its 42 food manufacturing plants, and Procter & Gamble Co., with 300-plus brands, experts say more than half the people involved in the advertising and marketing industry in the nation work and live in this region. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/BIZ01/802100302/1076
February 11, 200817 yr ^This is kind of like saying we are the center of bullshit. This idea of marketing being a science, if you look at the evidence, is largely anecdotal. I guess I've just been turned off the whole idea since they got rid of the Bud Bowl.
February 11, 200817 yr "Thanks to Kroger Co., with its 42 food manufacturing plants, and Procter & Gamble Co., with 300-plus brands, experts say more than half the people involved in the advertising and marketing industry in the nation work and live in this region." Something tells me this is either exaggerated or really misleading.
February 11, 200817 yr Some of the largest branding firms, in the nation, are located here...plus these firms continue solid growth. In addition to that you have the related businesses (i.e. Xpedx, Fisher Design, etc). I think that there is a lot more there than what you would at first glance notice.
February 12, 200817 yr Well I guess I am happy we are the center of bullsh!t with the high-paying, creative jobs that bullsh!t brings. :wink:
February 12, 200817 yr Duke plan: Extend some rebates BY DAN HORN | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER February 11, 2008 CINCINNATI - Duke Energy recently floated a plan to Ohio lawmakers that would allow the utility to continue paying about $20 million a year in rebates to large industrial customers for the next decade. The plan, drafted by Duke officials in late December, has been circulating among lawmakers and corporate lobbyists for several weeks. The proposal calls for a 10-year extension of the system Ohio now uses to evaluate and approve utility rate increases – a system lawmakers could change this year with new energy legislation. A key part of Duke’s plan is an economic development discount that would make $20 million a year available to the utility’s industrial and commercial customers. Duke currently pays roughly the same amount to its biggest corporate customers as part of secret contracts, or “side deals,” the utility signed in 2004.
February 12, 200817 yr Well I guess I am happy we are the center of bullsh!t with the high-paying, creative jobs that bullsh!t brings. :wink: LOL! http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,7454.msg256377.html#msg256377
February 14, 200817 yr PNC economist: Recession might not hammer Cincinnati economy BY DAN MONK | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER February 14, 2008 Cincinnati's economy is "treading water" as a national recession threatens, but a relatively strong global presence by local companies and the lack of a housing bubble could mitigate the impact of an economic slowdown here, says PNC Bank's Chief Economist Stuart Hoffman. That's the assessment Hoffman will offer to those attending the University of Cincinnati's Real Estate Roundtable Friday morning. Hoffman is the featured speaker at the event, at the Westin Hotel downtown. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/02/11/daily45.html
February 15, 200817 yr Northern Kentucky adds 1,355 jobs in '07 Overall results down, but Tri-ED happy about projects' quality BY LUCY MAY | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER February 15, 2008 New and expanding businesses in Northern Kentucky announced the creation of 1,355 primary jobs in Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in 2007 for an increase in total business sales of $410 million. When the ripple effects of those projects are included, the expansions and new businesses are expected to generate 5,432 new jobs across the region with an overall increase in business sales of more than $888 million, according to a new report prepared for Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, the regional economic development agency working to create 50,000 new jobs in the region within the decade. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/02/18/story4.html
February 15, 200817 yr 2 down, 4 to go Vora builds his dream BY LAURA BAVERMAN | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER February 15, 2008 Serial technology entrepreneur Mahendra Vora has completed the first two acquisitions in his plan to build a $100 million information technology firm in Cincinnati. They include Bangalore, India-based Ascendum Systems, whose name Vora will use to brand the global company, and Sycamore Township's Professional Data Resources (PDR), a staff augmentation and technology solutions provider. Combined, they employ 300. Vora declined to share revenue figures but said both fall in the range of $5 million to $45 million. PDR's revenue is in double digits. ... More at: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/02/18/story6.html
February 21, 200817 yr somebody mentioned this to me...talked about its vibrancy and teh fact that it had most fortune 500 cos per capita....anyone?
February 21, 200817 yr This is all I found online. It's dated 2-20-08. At work we get copies, but the bean counters get first dips. The Queen City Builds Higher as Demand Slows By Maura Webber Sadovi Word Count: 535 | Companies Featured in This Article: Macy's The Cincinnati region, home to more Fortune 500 companies per capita than either the New York or Washington, D.C., markets, is expecting to see construction begin this year on what is slated to be Cincinnati's tallest tower. It comes as an 11% surge in office construction is expected to add 1.8 million square feet to the area's inventory this year. To read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120348245679779583.html
February 21, 200817 yr Yeah i read it since we get it for free. It mostly talked about the Banks and the new construction that's going on in Cincinnati despite overall market softness. It was fairly positive despite pointing out some issues. Nothing too dramatic there but great to get coverage from a quality rag.
February 22, 200817 yr Moerlein mugs pour life into Rookwood's Cincinnati revival BY JON NEWBERRY | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER February 22, 2008 CINCINNATI - Rookwood Pottery Co. finds itself in an enviable position this month as it puts the finishing touches on a second Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. stein, to be unveiled at Over-the-Rhine's Bockfest in March. What else is a company to do when it sells a product for $250, only to see it resell within a year for six times that amount, but bump up the price and sell some more? After the sculpted mug was ceremonially christened by then-Vice Mayor Jim Tarbell at a Bockfest Hall fundraiser, last year's first run of 200 Moerlein steins sold out during Bockfest weekend. Two days later, the mug from Bockfest Hall sold at a Germania Society auction for $2,000. Others were auctioned for $1,600 and $1,100 last summer. This year's beer stein features the German emperor Frederick I, affectionately known as Barbarossa, which also happens to be the name of Moerlein's first beer in the 1850s and its soon-to-be-released newest beer. Barbarossa died during the Third Crusade but lived on in German legend in an enchanted cave in the mountains of Thuringen. In the cave with his shield and a daily goblet of beer at hand, he awaits a signal - when the ravens, or rooks, stop flying - that it's time to return to his people. The image on the other face of the stein, depicted as if it's seen through Barbarossa's cave, is a cobblestone street scene with rooks flying overhead, and a tavern, a beer wagon and a Rookwood Pottery shop. The image alludes to the rebirth of Over-the-Rhine, where the modern-day Rookwood Pottery is preparing to relocate in a few months.
February 29, 200817 yr Cadence keeps rolling BY STEPFANIE ROMINE | [email protected] A decade ago, Cadence Network began marketing energy-management services as a way to help large retail clients save money. Since then, energy management has evolved, and so has Cadence. More than increase the bottom line, the downtown Cincinnati company's energy management program helps companies buy clean energy, test emissions, evaluate energy efficiency and market sustainable business practices. Today, the company manages 350,000 invoices at 320,000 sites for approximately 150 customers in North America and is on track to have saved its clients about $275 million by the year's end... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080229/BIZ01/802290357/1001/BIZ
March 5, 200817 yr Bounce-back possible? Nonresidential building off to slow start in 2008 BY LISA BERNARD-KUHN | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER March 5, 2008 Nonresidential construction is off to a slow start for the region in 2008, but those in the industry say it's too soon to know whether the decline foreshadows what's to come in the remainder of the year. In January, the value of contracts for future construction in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana rang in at $81.7 million - down 47 percent compared to the same month in 2007, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, an information service for the construction industry. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080305/BIZ01/803050326/1076/BIZ
March 7, 200817 yr Bell buys Lebanon site for data center BY LAURA BAVERMAN | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER March 7, 2008 LEBANON - A 123-acre site in Lebanon will allow Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions to expand its regional data center footprint. Cincinnati Bell paid $16 million for the state Route 48 headquarters of elevator and escalator manufacturer Fujitec America and will transform a 225,000-square-foot heavy manufacturing facility into its largest and most powerful data center. "We're trying to set up a metropolitan data center strategy where we have multiple centers within 55 miles of one another," said John Burns, president of Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions. The close proximity allows the centers to synch data in real time, meeting clients' business continuance requirements. Clients typically lease data center space to house their servers and store data. Some clients employ Cincinnati Bell to provide personnel to manage this space.
March 7, 200817 yr Rookwood still has cachet Revived company thriving, tiles are selling BY LISA BERNARD-KUHN | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER March 7, 2008 CORRYVILLE - Less than two years after opening a new chapter in the life of The Rookwood Pottery Co., owner Christopher Rose said his ceramic tile and arts firm could see upwards of $4 million in sales by the end of the year. "That's if we hit all of our marks," said Rose, who in July 2006 purchased the remaining assets of the original Rookwood Pottery from Michigan collector Art Townley. Aside from the trademarks, the purchase included more than 3,000 original molds and hundreds of glaze recipes used by Rookwood Pottery artists in the late 1800s. For Rose - a designer, glass blower and bronze sculptor by trade - rediscovering the company has fed two deep desires. "I'm an artist at heart, but I really enjoy business," he said. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080307/BIZ01/803070355/1076 If you go What: 16th annual Bockfest Where: Main Street Entertainment District, beginning at Eighth Street. When: 5:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. today, 10-2:30 a.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday. Parade forms 5:30 p.m. today at Arnold's, 210 E. Eighth St. Cost: Free Information: 513-721-1317; www.bockfest.com Free shuttle: To bars 7-11 p.m. today, 2-11 p.m. Saturday A piece of Rookwood history Founded in Mount Adams in 1880 by Maria Longworth as a pottery club for women, Rookwood Pottery by the turn of the last century had transformed into an internationally known name. At its peak, the company employed 200 artists and workers and welcomed 5,000 visitors a year to its location. With the Depression, sales began to dip. In 1941, it filed for bankruptcy. Today, hand-crafted Rookwood tiles from its original era can be seen in the Carew Tower Arcade, the Union and Dixie terminals in addition to countless other regional businesses and homes. Source: Rookwood Pottery Co.
March 13, 200817 yr If only NKY would start thinking like this, we would really have some serious regional economic development policies on hand! Cincinnati to IRS: Stay in Covington Hey, IRS - the city of Cincinnati would really like it if you stay right where you are - in Covington. Cincinnati City Council voted Wednesday to urge the Internal Revenue Service and the General Services Administration to keep its Covington tax-return processing center. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/NEWS01/803130391/1056/COL02
March 13, 200817 yr Lawsuit Filed Against Chiquita Federal Lawsuit Accuses Chiquita of Role in US Deaths Through FARC Ties March 13, 2008: 11:38 AM EST NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A federal lawsuit filed by relatives of U.S. missionaries killed in Colombia claims that Chiquita Brands International Inc. contributed to their deaths by financing the leftist rebel group known as FARC. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, seeks unspecified damages for families of five missionaries from the Sanford, Fla.-based New Tribes Mission. They were kidnapped in the 1990s, held hostage for lengthy periods and ultimately killed by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC in its Spanish acronym, the lawsuit says. Cincinnati-based Chiquita, one of the world's biggest banana suppliers, provided "numerous and substantial hidden payments" to FARC as well as weapons and other supplies, the lawsuit claims. Those payments played a role in the missionaries' deaths because the company helped support "acts of terrorism," the lawsuit contends. Read More...
March 13, 200817 yr I hope my bananas remain in the 49 cents per pound range! Chiquita Brands Reports Rise In Banana Prices For Jan. - Feb. :wink: 3/13/2008 1:36:55 PM Thursday, banana distributor Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (CQB) said banana prices in all markets for January-February 2008 rose year-over-year on flat or lower volumes. The company also indicated continuing trends of higher pricing in bananas and recovery in value-added salads. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based Chiquita Brands noted that in its fresh express value-added salads business, the company reported meaningful year-over-year increases in both net revenue per case and volume growth in the two-month period. Commenting on the rise in banana prices, Fernando Aguirre, chief executive officer of Chiquita Brands, stated, “We are pleased that banana pricing remains favorable and that the U.S. value-added salads category is rebounding from slow growth a year ago. At the same time, flat to lower banana volumes reflect industry-wide constraints on availability due to a series of adverse weather conditions throughout Central America and Ecuador.” Read More...
March 14, 200817 yr New owner has lofty goals for IT consultancy Trasys Burton's three-year plan includes doubling $8M revenue BY LAURA BAVERMAN | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER March 14, 2008 BLUE ASH - Information technology industry veteran Joni Burton will purchase one of Cincinnati's largest IT consulting firms with plans to double the firm's revenue and staff over the next three years. Burton is in the process of acquiring Trasys Inc., a 75-consultant, $8 million Blue Ash firm that specializes in application development, managed services and strategic staffing for midsize and Fortune 500 companies. She's already been named president by founder and owner Joe Rimsky. Burton previously managed a team of 85 consultants at Ciber Inc., an international consulting firm focused on application development and support and staffing. Before that, she helped start the Cincinnati office of WhittmanHart, which eventually grew to 400 consultants by 2001. ... More at: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/03/17/story9.html
March 18, 200817 yr 500 Tata hires to be local Strickland visits Clermont facility BY LISA BERNARD-KUHN | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER March 18, 2008 MIAMI TWP. - A global information technology firm that plans to create up to 1,000 jobs in Clermont County said at least half of those jobs are expected to come from the local work force. On Monday, Tata Consultancy Services celebrated the opening of TCS Seven Hills Park - a 200,000-square-foot North American delivery center off Interstate 275. Part of India's largest industrial conglomerate, the Tata Group, TCS employs more than 100,000 information technology consultants in 47 countries. Of the company's $4.3 billion in revenue last year, 50 percent came from its U.S. operations, according to the firm. Read More...
March 18, 200817 yr Not bad - so 500 are going to be completely new hires, and some (I think less than a 100 already here) moved locally, with the rest being moved from other locations. The good news for us is that this will mean increased relo activity on the plus side.
March 20, 200817 yr Cincinnati economic forecast by PNC Bank (Feb 2008) https://www.pnc.com/webapp/unsec/Requester?resource=/wcm/resources/file/eb1ca409eedd62f/Cincinnati_March.pdf
March 20, 200817 yr Has anyone been to this store or have any knowledge about whether or not this store is still in business? I live across the country and placed an order with them online back in December for a Cornhole Board Game which I never received. I have noticed that their website is still up and running and that you can still place orders online. I wouldn't want anyone else to get burned the way I did. :-(
March 20, 200817 yr I browsed their website once and emailed them a question. They never got back to me with an answer.
March 20, 200817 yr Well, the weird thing is, I got an email from them in January apologizing for their computer error that they were having and that they would ship my product asap. I've responded to that email and another email from their website and nothing. I'm really frustrated about it.
March 20, 200817 yr Has anyone been to this store or have any knowledge about whether or not this store is still in business? I live across the country and placed an order with them online back in December for a Cornhole Board Game which I never received. I have noticed that their website is still up and running and that you can still place orders online. I wouldn't want anyone else to get burned the way I did. :-( If you guys have spam filters you might want to check them as this domain just "might" be prone to.....errrrrr.....being blocked. :-o
March 20, 200817 yr Doesn't look good: http://cincinnati.e-asp.net/Nis4/bbbreportaccbuscontent.asp?ID=1&ComID=0292000010004668
March 21, 200817 yr I go past their business everyday on my way to school... They look to be in business, whenever I walk to the Red Cross building right there, there are people smoking in front of it (they might be from the tattoo place Tainted Expressions next door, though). Its really unfortunate about your experience with them. Have you tried calling the number to speak directly to someone? 937-361-2628? I wouldn't expect that type of service from them. From the outside, the business looks very well put together and has a nice display up (despite it being Clinton-Massie High School themed instead of Wilmington High School themed).
March 21, 200817 yr U.S. Playing Card may leave Norwood BY JON NEWBERRY | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER March 21, 2008 United States Playing Card Co. is exploring relocation options and could make a decision to move out of its 108-year-old plant and headquarters in Norwood by June. The company has more than 600 employees overall, including more than 400 in Norwood, and the 600,000-square-foot compound is its only U.S. manufacturing site. Phil Dolci, president of the 114-year-old business, said it's looking at unspecified locations in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana and has been in contact with state and county economic development officials in all of those places. No decision has been made yet, and at this point "everything is a possibility," including remaining in Norwood, he told the Business Courier. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/03/24/story1.html
March 21, 200817 yr I go past their business everyday on my way to school... They look to be in business, whenever I walk to the Red Cross building right there, there are people smoking in front of it (they might be from the tattoo place Tainted Expressions next door, though). Its really unfortunate about your experience with them. Have you tried calling the number to speak directly to someone? 937-361-2628? I wouldn't expect that type of service from them. From the outside, the business looks very well put together and has a nice display up (despite it being Clinton-Massie High School themed instead of Wilmington High School themed). Yes, I have called left many messages and now their mailbox is full so you can't leaves messages now. I have emailed at least 3 different addresses and get no reply. I wish I could drive over to the store and demand my board game but unfortunately that is impossible.
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