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PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community

PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...
BEELINE HOLDINGS Inc. has signed nonbinding letter of intent to acquire TYTL Holdings Inc. of Delaware in an all-stock transaction. 

SEC filing of the week: Beeline Holdings signs letter of intent...

PROVIDENCE – Beeline Holdings Inc., a financial technology mortgage lender, has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire TYTL Holdings Inc. of Delaware...
NEXT STEP: Jee Holden turned his hobby of selling streetwear items on Instagram into a business with the grand opening of The Jee Spot in Newport in June. 
PBN PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

Clothier advances pop-up concept into full brick-and-mortar operation in Newport

A recent addition to Newport’s retail scene arrived on Spring Street with a splash. The grand opening of The Jee Spot in June, the first...
JOYFUL SURVIVAL: Kim T. Clark shows off some of the wares in her Rhody Craft gift shop in Providence, which she started as a pop-up in 2008 to support her children after she was treated for cancer and while going through a divorce. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pop-up turned gift shop firmly standing on Hope

Perusing the bright and colorful shelves of Rhody Craft LLC, it would be hard to imagine the desperate circumstances that catalyzed the Providence-based gift...
Peter Ricci III co-founded Providence-based Trace Sensing Technologies Inc. 
in 2020 and became CEO 
and president in 2022. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Know what you don’t know’

Peter Ricci III Trace Sensing Technologies Inc. CEO and co-founder When I started Trace Sensing, I thought being successful meant having the right answers. If we could...
TEEING OFF: Cranston natives Raymond Mahoney, right, and Eric Whitlock have opened Fairway Finds, a golf shop providing access to high-quality new and preowned equipment, in North Kingstown.
COURTESY FAIRWAY FINDS

New shop features buy-sell-trade program for golf equipment

Fairway Finds, a new golf specialty shop, officially opened its doors on March 22, providing local golfers with access to high-quality new and preowned...
SUPPLIES AND SCHOOLING: Maureen van Herpe is the owner and operator of Wood Items & More in Smithfield, where she sells various craft items and teaches sewing, decorative painting, crocheting and quilting classes. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Crafting a community one class at a time

For more than three decades, Maureen van Herpe has built Wood Items & More into both a craft store and a classroom. At her shop...
Indya Lallier
The Beauty Therapist LLC owner / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s business: For Lallier, restoring confidence key to care routine

(Editor’s note: This is the 71st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
SEARCH AND RESCUE: Chris Sheehy says he’s started Omni Search Labs LLC to assist small businesses in ranking higher with search engines employing artificial intelligence. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Omni Search Labs focusing on AI-era SEO

Chris Sheehy has been building websites since before Google became the default way to navigate the web. Now, he’s launched a new firm aimed...
INN THE KNOW: Monica Hopton has owned and operated the Christopher Dodge House, a 14-room bed-and-breakfast in Providence, since 2002.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Through thick and thin, she keeps urban B&B running

When Monica Hopton was a teenager, her father and stepmom bought a bed-and-breakfast on Nantucket. The island surroundings were lovely, and the B&B was...
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