Idaho Business Review IBR

Larry Davis doesn’t lack confidence, but when it comes to his side business building custom putters, he admits he could use a little patience. The painting contractor who is nearing 70 has been waiting for 11 years to see his ...

Meridian-based Scentsy has lost the first round of what could become a long legal battle after it accused Utah company Harmony Brands of violating its copyrights. Harmony Brands, which creates knockoffs of Scentsy’s scented wax products and sells them in ...

If the growth of the senior citizen population is any indication, the home health care industry should be poised for success. There are more Americans age 65 and older now than ever. Their population has grown 5.3 percent over the ...

Dealers are rationing ammunition. Guns are being sold faster than manufacturers can make them. Government agencies are buying training rounds in record numbers. It’s a good time to be in the firearms and ammunition industry. Idaho is taking full advantage ...

Most people see the physician’s house call as an anachronism. Steven Fuller sees the house call as his ticket into the ballooning health care industry. Fuller, a physician who took care of open heart surgery patients in Washington, D.C., and ...

It took Jack Stephens 15 years to make money after opening his first pet insurance company in 1982. In his second attempt, the Boise-based Pets Best Insurance that he started in 2005, it took him only four. Times had changed. ...

Businesses that offer tanning beds to customers avoided new state regulations for the second year in a row after lawmakers rejected a bill put forth by the Idaho Medical Association, but officials said the proposed legislation might return. The bill, ...

Developers will need to exercise more caution when negotiating for impact fees in Idaho after a March 29 state Supreme Court decision. The court clarified an existing Idaho law, ruling unanimously that developers who voluntarily enter into an impact fee ...

The Davis Cup directly scored Boise a $2 million economic impact over the weekend, one economic development nonprofit estimated, but officials said the event brought values that can’t yet be computed. Terry Kopp, sales director for the nonprofit Boise Convention ...

A former firefighter at Gowen Field in Boise is suing contractors, the National Guard and his own fire chief after a reflooring project allegedly exposed him and his crew to chemical irritants. Jay Hamann filed the lawsuit Jan. 17 in ...