March-April 2020
-
DBusiness Magazine: March/April 2020 Digital Edition
Detroit’s Premier Business Journal
-
The Sport of Business
Milt Wilcox, Vinnie Johnson, Herman Moore, Joe Kocur, and other former Detroit professional athletes followed their elite-level sports careers by applying the lessons learned on the field, ice, and court to entrepreneurship.
-
Letter from the Editor: Eagle Eye
One maxim of business is that market conditions, whether bull or bear, don’t last forever. The problem is, no one knows with certainty when the next economic shift, whether boom or bust, will occur.
-
Spring Into Fashion
As the temperatures rise, these accessories will take your outdoor style to a whole new level.
-
Road Ahead
Local companies show their high-tech hardware at CES 2020 in Las Vegas.
-
Metropolis Reborn
As large corporations and major benefactors tried to rejuvenate Detroit, a small group of urban planners set the stage for what today is America’s comeback city.
-
Futures Bet
Michigan’s casinos prep for new revenue from sports betting this spring and online gaming later this year.
-
EV Alternative
Roush CleanTech in Livonia is making a case for using propane rather than electricity to power buses and commercial vehicles.
-
Home-Court Advantage
The Detroit Pistons differentiate themselves by incorporating the community in their new practice facility along Second Avenue in Detroit’s Midtown District.
-
Cut-Rate Insurance
In her first policy win after five months in office, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill that lowers auto insurance rates without calling for public hearings. The lack of transparency would have rooted out problems affecting businesses, catastrophically injured patients, and caregivers.
-
Opportunity Knocks
Walsh College in Troy is partnering with the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Detroit Promise program by offering transfers and scholarships to two-year community college graduates.
-
Home Field Advantage
As homebuyers’ needs evolve, real estate professionals must stay ahead of the game.
-
Due Diligence
Using what Mother Nature provided, David V. Johnson developed luxury resorts, million-dollar homes, and marquee office buildings in Michigan and beyond — but then came Hurricane Irma.
-
Salon Source
Marlo Beauty Supply in Ferndale pivots from brick and mortar to the digital age.
-
PDA Q&A: He Xian
The E-Interview, Associate Attorney, Butzel Long, Detroit
-
Taking Charge
Shane Battier, a standout basketball player at Detroit Country Day in Beverly Hills, Duke University, and the NBA, remembers his Detroit roots. He returns to the Motor City often to provide scholarships to local students.
-
March – April 2020 Commentary
Service providers like Google, Facebook, and Amazon have the ability to listen in on customers’ meetings and conversations, and track buying patterns and travel schedules.
-
Global Embrace
Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti has the most diverse student body in Michigan and, according to President James Smith, that diversity pays extra dividends in the school’s college of business, especially when international students are factored in.
-
The Century Club 2020
From construction to charity, and recycling to plumbing — along with an amazing concert hall — the challenge of lasting 100 years or more is a lesson any business can learn from.
-
Caesar of Showmen
James A. Bailey helped create the modern circus by distilling Detroit’s spirit of innovation and promotion.
