Business

Hawaiʻi is now at the very bottom when it comes to business rankings. Here’s what to do about that.

August 2, 2026 0

Hawaiʻi is now at the very bottom when it comes to business rankings. Here’s what to do about that. https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/08/more-bureaucracy-is-not-the-answer-to-a-struggling-economy/

Shopping centers’ developer files for bankruptcy

July 22, 2026 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/07/22/hawaii-news/shopping-centers-developer-files-for-bankruptcy/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Kona Walmart named top store in its region

April 17, 2026 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/04/17/community/kona-walmart-named-top-store-in-its-region/

Report: Hawaii will see inflation, mild recession in 2026

December 12, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/12/12/hawaii-news/report-hawaii-will-see-inflation-mild-recession-in-2026/?WHT=055c808179bd453f9ef4734d6e483103f3b1ad4a

Hawaii’s flower industry wilts as it faces changing tastes, global competition

November 28, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/28/hawaii-news/hawaiis-flower-industry-wilts-as-it-faces-changing-tastes-global-competition/

Honolulu Businesses Hurt By Rail Construction Find City Help Falls Short It took years for the city to set up a program helping businesses that were negatively impacted by rail construction. Now, that program is underutilized and insufficient, business owners say.

November 13, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/honolulu-businesses-hurt-by-rail-construction-find-city-help-falls-short/

Coldwell acquires Hawaii Kai Properties

October 3, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/10/03/features/community-connection/coldwell-acquires-hawaii-kai-properties/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

‘We do everything we can to make the best cup’

September 25, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/25/hawaii-news/we-do-everything-wecan-to-make-the-best-cup/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

How Small Businesses Are Breaking Into Hawaiʻi’s Big Tourism Markets Airlines and hotels can provide a lucrative market for Hawaiʻi entrepreneurs, but making inroads with large brands and scaling up production isn’t easy.

September 9, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/how-small-businesses-are-breaking-into-hawai%ca%bbis-big-tourism-markets/

Hawaiian Airlines sees first profit since COVID-19 pandemic

July 25, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/25/hawaii-news/hawaiian-airlines-sees-first-profit-since-covid-19-pandemic/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Public Broadcasting In Hawaiʻi Is OK – For Now Local broadcast executives are sorting out major questions following federal funding cuts.

July 23, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/public-broadcasting-hawaii-ok-now/

Waikīkī Restaurant War Reveals Gaps In Hawaiʻi Business Protections The dispute between two restaurants with the same name on the same block underscores a weakness in the state’s trademark system

July 21, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/waikiki-restaurant-war-reveals-gaps-in-hawai%ca%bbi-business-protections/

Pop-up market aims to support upstart businesses

July 10, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/10/hawaii-news/pop-up-market-aims-to-support-upstart-businesses/

Is the small business economy in Hawai’i finally turning around?

December 11, 2024 0

HONOLULU, Dec. 10, 2024— The latest NFIB Small Business Optimism Index, released today, rose by eight points in November to 101.7, after 34...

This Mililani Company Packages Salt From The Mainland And Sells It As Hawaiian. Is That Cheating? Hawaii’s commercial salt producers say bulk salt shipped in from elsewhere and sold as ‘Made in Hawaii’ is hurting their business.

September 11, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/09/this-mililani-company-packages-salt-from-the-mainland-and-sells-it-as-hawaiian-is-that-cheating/

Some Small Businesses In Kailua Town Are Closing As Costs Continue To Climb Restaurateurs say the challenges they face are more complex than simply high rents.

September 4, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/09/some-small-businesses-in-kailua-town-are-closing-as-costs-continue-to-climb/

Business

Hawaiʻi is now at the very bottom when it comes to business rankings. Here’s what to do about that.

Shopping centers’ developer files for bankruptcy

Kona Walmart named top store in its region

Report: Hawaii will see inflation, mild recession in 2026

Hawaii’s flower industry wilts as it faces changing tastes, global competition

Honolulu Businesses Hurt By Rail Construction Find City Help Falls Short It took years for the city to set up a program helping businesses that were negatively impacted by rail construction. Now, that program is underutilized and insufficient, business owners say.

Coldwell acquires Hawaii Kai Properties

‘We do everything we can to make the best cup’

How Small Businesses Are Breaking Into Hawaiʻi’s Big Tourism Markets Airlines and hotels can provide a lucrative market for Hawaiʻi entrepreneurs, but making inroads with large brands and scaling up production isn’t easy.

Hawaiian Airlines sees first profit since COVID-19 pandemic

Public Broadcasting In Hawaiʻi Is OK – For Now Local broadcast executives are sorting out major questions following federal funding cuts.

Waikīkī Restaurant War Reveals Gaps In Hawaiʻi Business Protections The dispute between two restaurants with the same name on the same block underscores a weakness in the state’s trademark system

Pop-up market aims to support upstart businesses

Is the small business economy in Hawai’i finally turning around?

This Mililani Company Packages Salt From The Mainland And Sells It As Hawaiian. Is That Cheating? Hawaii’s commercial salt producers say bulk salt shipped in from elsewhere and sold as ‘Made in Hawaii’ is hurting their business.

Some Small Businesses In Kailua Town Are Closing As Costs Continue To Climb Restaurateurs say the challenges they face are more complex than simply high rents.

Hawaii automobile sales plunge as owners hang on to vehicles

De Luzes selling Big Island Toyota: Servco will take over, retain employees

Highgate morphs into most rapidly growing hotel company in Hawaii

Vegas, Hawaii business summit coming to Waikiki

Hawaiʻi County Expands Community Resource Center Services to Assist with Earthquake Impacts

DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY – HURRICANE LALA RECOVERY PLAN UPDATE

GOVERNOR GREEN ANNOUNCES MAJOR RECOVERY PROGRESS FOLLOWING HURRICANE LOWELL Kauaʻi Power Restored to 72%; Roads, Airport and Port Infrastructure Repairs Continue

Hawaiian Electric preparing for Tropical Storm Norbert, supporting power restoration on Kauaʻi – Company sending additional staff, vehicles to Kauaʻi this weekend

Two Aussies Were on Vacation in Thailand When They Saw Workers Struggling With an Excavator. So They Stopped to Help

‘You Just Want To Cry’: Kauaʻi Takes Stock Of Lowell’s Damage Communities on Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi and Niʻihau are picking up the pieces left by Hurricane Lowell, a storm Gov. Josh Green compared with the 1992 disaster ʻIniki.

Radio Silence Amid Lowell Reveals Critical Gap In Emergency Plan Radio is critical during disasters. Kauaʻi has again exposed that many stations lack generators and other equipment needed to stay on the air.

Honolulu Man Involved in Trans-Pacific Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

Kona man accused of possessing, disseminating child porn

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