A Mad Ad World
Marketing and advertising firms hone their brands to compete in Portland’s saturated agency market.
Kim Moore
‘We Punch Above Our Weight Class’
Dick Clark, CEO of the Portland Clinic, on competing as a midsize provider in a market dominated by large health care systems.
Head Out of the Books
Accountants learn how to be advisors and consultants as technology automates traditional bookkeeping.
Willamette Falls Project Faces Year Delay
Start on work to redevelop industrial land in Oregon City is put off as new owner changes design plans.
When Time Off Work Is Good for Business
The state tourism agency wants businesses to encourage employees to plan for vacation.
Growing Pains Plague Portland
Increasing numbers of homeless, budget gaps and ballooning affordable-housing demand were pain points for the city in fiscal year 2018-19, according to a report.
Oil Rush
How Portland has become a crucial hub for fossil fuel exports despite opposition from city government and the local community.
‘We Were Such a Different Entity to Jeld-Wen’
CMD wants to brand itself as a top advertising agency in the Pacific Northwest after gaining independence from its manufacturer parent.
Taxing Times
As the tax year wraps up, businesses still have time to realize deductions and prepare for new changes coming in 2020.