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Strategies

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  • Mark Gordon
  • April 24, 2026
Eight months after sale, Tervis aims for resurgence, disruption

After a tumultuous year, a prominent drinkware manufacturer looks to pick up market share and grab opportunities. Moving slowly isn’t part of the strategy.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 21, 2026
Midwest gym franchise targets Gulf Coast for expansion

Fitness Premier 24/7 Sarasota has attracted potential franchisees due to its success in the market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 17, 2026
Sarasota Ikea: Retailer's small-store strategy carries big impact

The soon-to-open Ikea is "huge" for Sarasota’s commercial real estate market, one broker says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth Djinis
  • April 16, 2026
Rapidly growing payments tech firm embraces Tampa for talent

Payments firm Branch has done well with a decision to make Tampa its largest office. So well, it gets hundreds of applications for every job posting within days — many coming outside Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • April 13, 2026
Hospitals across the region pioneer new technologies

From Lakeland to Naples, health care systems are embracing technological advances, with an eye on ease of use and efficiency.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth Djinis
  • April 13, 2026
Tampa cancer center utilizes AI to predict 'wasting syndrome'

Moffitt researchers, with patience at the forefront, tackle a difficult issue that, undetected, makes treating cancer more difficult.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • April 13, 2026
USF CAMLS first in Florida to install high-tech AI surgical imaging machine

GE HealthCare’s Allia Moveo is a surgical imaging platform for minimally-invasive procedures.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 13, 2026
AI-based system elevates cardiac care at Manatee Memorial

A new platform helps cardiologists identify blockages and reduces the need for invasive techniques.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth Djinis
  • April 13, 2026
Tampa physician's breast cancer detection mission is professional — and personal

Dr. Bethany Niell is studying predictive cancer rates with a heightened sense of urgency.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • April 13, 2026
Heart valve replacement device makes Florida debut at Clearwater hospital

The just-approved safety device is used when replacement heart valves are implanted to help with blood flow and reduce complications.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • April 13, 2026
Sarasota Memorial makes big gains in lung cancer detection, treatment

The hospital outpaces the state and nation in early detection and getting people treatment.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • April 13, 2026
Naples hospital goes genius level with colonoscopies

Technology enhances but doesn't replace physicians.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • April 13, 2026
Naples medical group embraces the beat of AI stethoscopes

A pilot study found 93 people with valvular heart disease.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • April 13, 2026
TGH nurses take time back with AI-powered listening tech

The app-based program listens to patients describe their symptoms and converts those conversations into specialty-specific clinical summaries in seconds.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 13, 2026
AI helps Sarasota surgeons with hip surgeries at Doctors Hospital

OrthoGrip Hip AI is a tool that combines AI with live X-ray images during surgery.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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