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Chesterfield Carvana facility opens with 240 employees
Online car retailer plans to hire 400 by end of year
Fortune 500 used car online retailer Carvana Co. is more than halfway to its 400-employee hiring goal for its $25 million, 191,000-square-foot Chesterfield County inspection center, General Manager Robert Sheets
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Amazon opens new Chesapeake facility
640,000-square-foot center has 900 workers already
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Last week Amazon.com Inc. opened its new, 640,000-square-foot processing facility in Chesapeake, the global e-tailer’s first cross-dock fulfillment center in Virginia. About 900 of the 1,000 workers that Amazon announced
Carsales.com to fully acquire Trader Interactive
Aussie vehicle sales platform already owned 49% of Norfolk online marketplace
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Australian online auto sales forum Carsales.com Ltd. plans to acquire the remaining 51% of Norfolk-based Trader Interactive from Eurozeo and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for $839.14 million, the companies announced
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Midlothian lighting company promotes exec to CFO
Shades of Light promoted Sean Acton from controller
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Midlothian-based lighting and home decor company Shades of Light promoted Sean Acton to chief financial officer on Thursday. Acton was the company’s controller for about two years, and he will
Amazon has hired 3,500 HQ2 workers
Construction on two towers more than half finished
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Amazon.com Inc. has hired 3,500 of its 25,000 planned workers for HQ2, the tech behemoth’s $2.5 billion East Coast headquarters in Arlington. Meanwhile, construction on the two office towers for
CarMax to acquire remaining stake in Edmunds
Goochland County company buys auto site in cash, stock deal
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Goochland County-based used car giant CarMax Inc. announced Thursday that it had signed an agreement for full ownership of vehicle research website Edmunds.com Inc. in a cash and stock deal.
Va. Beach-based company to acquire pet supply chain for $700M
The Franchise Group to acquire Pet Supplies Plus
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Virginia Beach-based franchise business operator Franchise Group Inc. announced Monday it will acquire Livonia, Michigan-based Pet Supplies Plus for approximately $700 million. The all-cash transaction is expected to close in
Stockholders approve CarLotz merger
Merger with Miami-based acquisition company scheduled for Jan. 22
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CarLotz Inc., the Chesterfield County-based consignment dealer of used cars, announced Friday that stockholders had given it the requisite approval to complete a proposed merger with Miami-based special purpose acquisition
CarLotz plans to go public on Nasdaq
Chesterfield County-based car consignment company merging with Miami-based corporation
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Chesterfield County-based CarLotz Inc., a consignment dealer of used cars, announced Thursday it plans to go public and expand nationwide. CarLotz, which is valued at $827 million, will combine with
280 Va. companies ranked on Inc. 5000 list
Richmond retailer Sassy Jones tops state's rankings
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This year, 280 Virginia companies are ranked on the most recent list of the nation’s fastest-growing, privately held companies — the Inc. 5000, released Wednesday morning. Leading the pack in Virginia