The arena’s ticketing process and other tools allow T-Mobile to collect critical information about visitors that it uses to inform decisions on how to improve their experience.
Wade Tyler Millward
Former reporter: Economy, Manufacturing, Retail
Wade Tyler Millward worked for the Las Vegas Review-Journal from December 2016 to December 2018. He covered retail and manufacturing businesses, industry trends and the local economy. He graduated from the University of Florida and previously worked for the Tampa Bay Business Journal in Tampa, Florida, and Gaston Gazette in Gastonia, North Carolina. He’s received reporting awards from the Nevada and North Carolina press associations.
September marked the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year, bringing year-to-date collections to $23.48 million, a 77 percent increase year over year.
Jerry Herbst, founder and chairman of a series of local gas stations known for their mustachioed mascot and giant Americanflags, died Tuesday in his home. He was 80.
Businesses in downtown Las Vegas have celebrated the event for the past few years. But this year is slated to have the largest amount of businesses participating, said Sarah Collins, organizer for the event in downtown Las Vegas.
A former office manager who had been unemployed for eight months, Rose Porter was among 85 people hired through J.C. Penney’s annual job fair in October, and one of 7,000 seasonal workers across multiple retailers this season in Nevada, according to Retail Association of Nevada estimates.
Two stores in the Las Vegas area have found opposite uses for virtual reality this year — one to add people onto the sales floor, the other to remove people from the sales floor.
The city of Las Vegas voted 6-0 Wednesday, with Mayor Carolyn Goodman abstaining, to approve a bill allowing a store to open if it only has a recreational license.
The National Retail Federation trade group predicts 71 percent of those who plan to shop during the long holiday weekend will shop on Black Friday.
Last Black Friday, Nevada retailers made 154.2 percent more than the national average in daily revenue, according to a report by small business software company Womply.
Spectacles and events are classic tools for shopping centers to draw a crowd. They’ve become more important than ever at a time when the experience of shopping competes with the convenience and prices of e-commerce, said Stephanie Cegielski, spokeswoman for the International Council of Shopping Centers trade group.
Combined taxes on wholesale and recreational marijuana sales generated $8.1 million in August, beating out July’s monthly record of $7.9 million.
New deals take a long time to show in the company’s earnings because of how Switch structures its contracts for storing data.
Virgin Hyperloop One, which is working on a mode of transportation said to move goods and people from Las Vegas to Los Angeles in 30 minutes, announced the leadership change in a statement Thursday.
The forced resignation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has people in the local marijuana industry breathing a sigh of relief.
Department store chain Sears plans to shutter more stores nationwide, including one in the western Las Vegas Valley.