• 9 great ideas of 2017 (and 3 ideas we'd like to see in 2018)

    When rooting around for "big idea ideas" for 2017 and 2018, a couple of suggestions came fast and furious from the PBJ's Clare Duffy and Jon Bell.From Duffy came the notion of "nearshoring" of manufacturing by the footwear companies. There's Adidas' speedfactory in the U.S. as well as Nike's partnership with Flex.In terms of 2018, Bell noted that the city's food and beverage scene seems underrepresented on at least one front: More women should be leading distillery efforts. He pointed to Jill&he

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