There is a sea change afoot in the insurance market. According to research published earlier this year by cloud insurance software leader Majesco, consumers from the millennial and Generation Z demographics are now the dominant insurance buyers, officially outpacing baby boomers and Generation X. It’s a...
Traverse City has turned into a magnet. Earlier this year, the TCBN profiled 28 high-level professionals who had recently relocated to northern Michigan. While the region has always been an attractive destination for tourists and retirees, the pandemic – by shuttering offices and transforming remote work...
In helping companies navigate ever-shifting challenges, few people have more expertise than Dr. Chris Kuehl. As co-founder, managing partner and chief economist for the Kansas-based Armada Corporate Intelligence, Kuehl specializes in analyzing market forces like inflation, recession and war. Armada counts Fortune 500 companies and government agencies...
Traverse City’s manufacturing prowess is easy to overlook. Most of the area’s manufacturers work quietly behind the walls of nondescript buildings, tucked into industrial business parks located down roads the average local resident wouldn’t have any reason to travel on a regular basis. But if you...
People have been calling Traverse City a foodie town for years and that buzz isn’t going away. Despite staffing challenges, supply chain hurdles, and a pandemic that hit restaurants particularly hard, TC’s food and beverage scene isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. In 2022...
They keep the shelves at your grocery store stocked with food, deliver the kegs that keep the beer taps flowing, and help local restaurants and caterers feed armies of foodies. Yet food and beverage distributors often go overlooked. This month, the TCBN spotlights just a...
Does the concept of house flipping still exist in a chaotic real estate market? For the better part of a decade, the idea of buying a fixer-upper, renovating it and selling it quickly for a huge profit has seemed like a premiere example of the American...
When Warren Call talks about the MBA program Michigan Tech University (MTU) is bringing to Traverse City this fall, he’s not shy about describing it as a game changer. Call, who serves as president and CEO of Traverse Connect, has had a front row seat –...
When it comes to healthcare technology, Munson Medical Center (MMC) is leveling up. In the past year, MMC has made multiple major investments in new tech infrastructure that is not only improving outcomes for patients, but also enhancing safety for doctors, drawing top-tier medical talent to...
For countless companies and organization throughout the United States, 2020 was a wake-up call for race relations. When a Black man named George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in May of 2020, it ignited a racial reckoning that shook everything from the entertainment...
