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DIVERSE BRANDS: Crystal DaCruz started Boxed in Black, which curates gift boxes filled with items sold and made by Black- and brown-owned businesses, because she felt those products were being underrepresented in the market. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: She’s a champion for Black and brown businesses

(Editor’s note: This is the 56th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
MEDALS OF HONOR: ChemArt Co. co-owner and President Dave Marquis sits at his desk that displays various medallions his Lincoln-based company produces. Much of those medallions support nonprofits and similar organizations. 
PBN PHOTO / TRACY JENKINS

Marquis helps put ChemArt on the national marquee

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP: Dave Marquis, co-owner and president, ChemArt Co. AFTER ALMOSTY 40 YEARS working in manufacturing, Dave Marquis is still in awe...

R.I. to get $1.5M in opioid lawsuit settlement with Publicis Health

PROVIDENCE – The state will receive $1.5 million from Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the...

R.I. to receive $56.3M in opioid lawsuit settlements with CVS, Walgreens,...

PROVIDENCE – Another significant lump sum of money will come through Rhode Island as part of the latest set of opioid settlements with national...
LIFESAVER: East Providence Fire Department Capt. John Potvin calls naloxone a wonder drug when it comes to reversing the effects of an overdose. That’s why many are celebrating Narcan now being sold over the counter. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Narcan sold in stores seen as pivotal in R.I. drug crisis

East Providence Fire Department Capt. John Potvin has seen the lifesaving effects of naloxone in action dozens of times throughout his more than 30...
FEELING THE SPIRIT: Providence Place mall reported an increase in visitors to the mall in the first weekend of the holiday shopping season, placing the rise at about 3% above a year earlier. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. shopping centers feeling merry about December despite economic challenges

Crowded stores and stronger-than-expected sales have analysts predicting that the rest of the holiday shopping season will be a banner one despite higher prices,...
NEW BREED OF COMPANIONSHIP: Meghan Gamboa, Ageless Innovation LLC co-founder and senior vice president, holds an animatronic cat at the company’s Pawtucket headquarters. The cats, dogs and birds produced by Ageless Innovation have been shown to be beneficial for the mental health of the elderly.
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

For her, Ageless Innovation much more than pet project

It was a combination of soccer, Hasbro Inc. and Bryant University that brought Meghan Gamboa to Rhode Island, where she now works as co-founder and senior vice president...

College Unbound receives $500K grant from Walmart

PROVIDENCE – Local education nonprofit College Unbound recently received a $500,000 grant from prominent retail chain Walmart Inc. to help the organization expand its...

Listen up

Listening is in danger of becoming a lost art. This old anonymous piece, slightly abridged, just about sums it up: “When I ask you to...

Patrick Mullen

2022 40 Under Forty Awards Patrick Mullen | 38 Senior risk expert, cybersecurity, Walmart Inc. How has COVID-19 changed your industry? COVID-19 has put an emphasis on...
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