Idaho Business Review IBR

Introduction Rate of pay in Idaho: Where Idaho stands Idaho ranks near the bottom nationwide for wages. Its average wage of $39,770 comes in 13 percent below the nationwide average of $45,750. The competition for employees has highlighted where the ...

Introduction Businesses around Idaho have gone through a growth spurt since end of the Great Recession. Issues like education, transportation and wages are at the top of the mind for Idaho employers right now as the state’s leaders look forward ...

Introduction Office design has changed quite a bit in the new millennium. We’ve moved away from straight lines and thick walls to more fluid, open spaces. New generations of workers are looking for more creative concepts in their workplaces. With ...

Introduction Every two months, Idaho Business Review, Holland & Hart, Mountain West Bank and CenturyLink bring experts to the table to discuss topical issues of concern. On August 11, experts discussed building a more qualified workforce in Idaho. Many employers ...

Defining the downtown core Derick O’Neill One key thing we’re working hard to do is to create a shared vision for downtown. If you asked everyone in this room to define downtown, they would each give you a different answer. ...

Entering export markets Andy Savin For us, it was kind of a stumble into international markets. It was before my time. One of our anchor customers was Taco Time, and they decided to expand into international markets, specifically Japan, 25 ...

The time is right for additional development Mike Christensen The overall vacancy for retail in the Treasure Valley is sub 6 percent today, which leaves us with very little quality property left on the market. There are certain submarkets with ...

Small business lending All businesses start out small, and in order for those businesses to thrive, they need cash. For some it’s $1,000 to buy a computer; for others it’s $1 million to build a store. In the quest for ...

Wellness programs make business sense Terri Landa Some very savvy employers make it part of their business strategy that health really is part of the overall strategy of being successful. Helping your people, who are really your best commodity, if ...

Introduction: A quiet but mighty dairy industry Idaho farms received $2.42 billion from dairy sales in 2012. The state’s dairy industry is bigger even than Idaho’s famous potato industry, which brought in roughly $964 million that same year, and it ...