State, city leaders still considering business rent assistance
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/04/14/hawaii-news/state-city-leaders-still-considering-business-rent-assistance/
Business
More Oahu retailers close permanently, creating a surge in vacant space
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/04/09/hawaii-news/more-oahu-retailers-close-permanently-creating-a-surge-in-vacant-space/
Hawaii businesses have taken in $1.26 billion from federal program this year
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/04/06/hawaii-news/isle-firms-have-taken-in-1-26b-from-federal-program-this-year/
Help for Native Hawaiian Businesses Facing the COVID Storm
by Keli‘i Akina, Ka Wai Ola, April 1, 2021 For the past year, the global COVID-19 pandemic has slowed most sectors...
Want to rent a car? It’ll cost you Drivers struggle to find wheels amid low inventory, high prices
High demand and short supply that are causing exorbitant prices for rental autos have also been a boon to locally...
Hawaii’s Pandemic-Induced Rental Car Shortage — Here’s What The Data Shows…Rental car companies sold off part of their fleets to make up for economic losses caused by the pandemic.
Visitors are increasingly returning to Hawaii as the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel beckons, but the influx has...
New Malama Market Pahoa opens today
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/03/31/hawaii-news/new-malama-market-pahoa-opens-today/
Hawaii’s Changing Economy ‘What About Us?’: Retailers Struggle To Find Their Way Through The Pandemic…The state had 10,000 fewer retail trade jobs at the end of 2020 than it had in 2019.
As throngs of tourists have returned to Hawaii and hotel, restaurant and bar workers were ushered to the front of...
The storied Chart House Waikiki restaurant prepares to welcome patrons again come April 1
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/03/21/hawaii-news/the-storied-chart-house-waikiki-restaurant-prepares-to-welcome-patrons-again-come-april-1/
Big Island auto sales suppressed by pandemic
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/03/15/hawaii-news/big-island-auto-sales-suppressed-by-pandemic/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
New Survey: 50% of Hawaii businesses not paying rent
As we move into 2021 with cautious optimism, we can reflect on last year’s economic devastation caused by COVID-19. How...
Monkeypod restaurant to anchor Outrigger Reef
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/03/05/hawaii-news/monkeypod-restaurant-to-anchor-outrigger-reef/
Businesses, attractions struggle as cruise ships still months away from returning
It has been nearly one year since cruise ships stopped service to Hawaii, and there is no hint of when...
Some Honolulu businesses already see an increase in customers under the new reopening phase
Businesses were able to serve more people as Honolulu moved into Tier 3 of its reopening plan. “This weekend we’re...
China cargo service catapults Matson’s earnings
Hawaii-based ocean cargo carrier Matson Inc. more than doubled its profit last year, largely on expanded China service that included...
Retailers seek rent relief as coronavirus pandemic wears on
Many of Hawaii’s retail shops and businesses are still clinging to hope of surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected them...
Cyanotech lifts profit with federal assistance
The Hawaii island-based company https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/02/19/hawaii-news/cyanotech-lifts-profit-with-federal-assistance/
Kauai…Business rally at Vidinha
LIHU‘E — Over 200 business owners across the island assembled at Vidinha Stadium’s parking lot on Wednesday to organize their...
Honolulu airport businesses seek added protections from state
Airport concessionaires are asking state lawmakers to write into state law the types of relief available to them during the...
Land sales deliver profit for Barnwell
Land sales on Hawaii island helped a local company involved in Canadian oil and natural gas production earn a recent...
