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The St. Louis Business Journal has extended the nomination deadline for its annual Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards, which also includes awards for the outstanding nonprofit partner and the outstanding for-profit partner. The program, including all three awards, celebrates individuals, companies and nonprofits who have shown exceptional commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace or in the St. Louis community. Nominations are now due Friday, June 17, before…

The St. Louis-based bakery-cafe chain has opened its first “Panera To Go” location, the first of three test stores it plans to open this year for the new pickup-or-delivery-only concept.

The Maryland Heights-based distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products has agreed to acquire the assets of a California-based provider of erosion control products.

The Belleville attraction, known for drawing crowds of fruit-and-vegetable-picking visitors, is opening two new attractions Friday. A shift in demographics, driven by a move into the cider business, played a big role in prompting the expansion.

Nicole Genz has parlayed a background in engineering and a knack for social media into building RF Home Co by Rescued Furnishings, a $2.5 million home renovation and home décor and gift retail business.

That first date was unmemorable, but not for me. I asked again at the evening’s end for a date the following night – and she agreed. I have no recollection of what we did, but we sure had fun.

The Missouri Attorney General's Office is looking to get hold of hundreds of people who are owed settlement money after buying tickets to an event that never happened. In 2018, 2,393 people purchased tickets to an event in Eureka called Lantern Fest, for a total of $231,000. Bad weather postponed the event twice in November and it was rescheduled for June 2019. But organizers went silent, and the event never happened. Utah-based Happy Fun Events LLC, the company that put on the event, never refunded…

It was unexpected, but the new leader of the Missouri Historical Society came to St. Louis nearly 20 years ago and fell in love with the city. He believes his story can offer a key to how the region can combat brain drain.

After a career in industrial sales, local entrepreneur Scott Carlson is bringing a new commercial landscaping brand to the St. Louis region.

When the NCAA gave the green light for student-athletes to begin cashing in on their name, image and likeness (NIL), University of Missouri-Columbia quarterback Brady Cook said his mindset was focused on generating a financial return.

A local Illinois bank is acquiring another with assets of $115.8 million, pushing its total to nearly $1 billion.

Athlytic, a St. Louis-based startup, has developed a software platform to connect collegiate athletes and businesses as they search for name, image and likeness (NIL) deals. Here's how the platform it developed helps facilitate endorsement deals.

So-called “NIL collectives” are a new phenomenon, and type of business entity, that pool together money from a college’s boosters and supporters to fund name, image and likeness deals with student-athletes.

Demetrious Johnson, who played in the NFL from 1983 to 1987, said that key to the name, image and likeness (NIL) deals for the college player he represents is ensuring they don't interfere with the student-athlete's academic and athletic responsibilities at Mizzou.

City and transit leaders are looking to capitalize on new development in their bid for a north-south MetroLink route, as they now plan to run the line past the new Downtown West soccer stadium.

Less than a year after the NCAA lifted restrictions on paid endorsement deals, student-athletes like University of Missouri quarterback Brady Cook are already cashing in, and more than two dozen St. Louis businesses were eager to pay them. Here’s why that figure is likely to get a lot bigger.

Deloitte is considering splitting its auditing and consulting businesses, which would benefit its partners and cut down of conflicts of interest.

The firm is going from a mere 1,500-square-foot space in Prairie Village, to 5,000 square feet in Overland Park.

Dierbergs employees voted Wednesday night to approve a new three-year union agreement with the grocery store chain. Here are some details from the new deal.

What do you say to someone who wants to move to the St. Louis area or is contemplating whether to stay? That was the final question posed to panelists at the Business Journal's Advance STL: Workforce Talent event this week. Here's what our panelists had to say.