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Here’s how Under Armour could grow sales in the lucrative footwear market

Under Armour Inc. stores will become testing sites for new retail shoe fitting technology, the latest effort to build market share in the growing athletic footwear market. Volumental, a shoe fitting technology company that is known for scanning feet to find the perfect shoe, recently announced an agreement with Under Armour to test its new self-service foot scanning technology at select retail stores and in outlets and brand houses. The deal comes a few months after Under Armour (NYSE: UAA) released its new SlipSpeed shoe and as a new CEO, Stephanie Linnartz, prepares to take charge with a mandate to get the company growing again after a tough few years. While Under Armour started out focusing on athletic apparel, the company is looking to grow in the athletic footwear market, the area that leads the athletic apparel industry.

UMD St. Joseph Medical Center makes Top 100 best hospitals list

University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center announced Tuesday that it is one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2023, according to new research released by Healthgrades, a marketplace connecting doctors and patients. This achievement puts UM St. Joseph Medical Center in the top 2% of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance across the most common conditions and procedures. This is the 4th consecutive year (2020-2023) UM St. Joseph Medical Center is among America’s Best. Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complication rates for 31 of the most common conditions and procedures at nearly 4,500 hospitals across the country to identify the top-performing hospitals.

West Nursery Cinemas in Linthicum closes after nearly 25 years

West Nursery Cinemas, a staple in Linthicum for nearly 25 years, has “closed for business,” according to a message on the theater’s phone line. The theater, which opened as Hoyts West Nursery Cinema 14 in 1998, served Linthicum’s Airport Square Technology Park near BWI Marshall Airport for nearly a quarter century. On Tuesday, the theater’s website offered no future showtimes or movies coming soon. Messages sent to the theater’s social media pages were not returned. The 57,300-square-foot building opened to much fanfare at a cost of $8.5 million, The Baltimore Sun reported in March 1998.

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Orioles make $5 million pledge to support Baltimore students; John Angelos bristles at questions about family ownership’s future

Orioles CEO and Chairman John Angelos used Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an occasion to announce a significant investment from his team toward students in Baltimore. He also used the holiday as a reason to take umbrage with questions regarding the operations of the club. Alongside Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott on the sixth floor of the B&O Warehouse at Camden Yards, Angelos announced that the Orioles are pledging $5 million to the CollegeBound Foundation, a Baltimore-based nonprofit that helps the city’s public school students get into and complete college.

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UMD alums bring rechargeable power bank business to Maryland sports games

Two graduates of the University of Maryland are back at Maryland sports games — but this time, instead of sitting in the stands, they’re offering rechargeable power banks that students can rent to charge their phones. The power banks are from JUUCE, a company founded by David Greenfield, who graduated in 2020 with a degree in finance and supply chain management, and Pouya Susanabadi, who graduated in 2019 with a dual degree in physiology and neurobiology and psychology.

47. Greener Pastures with Christina Johnson

Welcome to the 2023 legislative session. Legislators have 90 days to move on a number of issues pressing Maryland this year including regulating adult-use cannabis.

In Episode 47, Damian is joined by Christina Johnson, Founder and CEO of Standard Wellness Maryland and Vice-President of the Maryland Medical Wholesale Cannabis Trade Association CANMD for a discussion on the future of cannabis, the strength of the state’s medical industry, and how the industry is working to build equity and protect public health in Maryland.

We hope to see you soon, in The Lobby.

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Small businesses have long list of challenges to tackle in 2023

Small businesses face a mix of old and new challenges as 2023 begins. A looming recession, still high (although easing) inflation and labor woes are some of issues carrying over from 2022 that small businesses will have to tackle. There are also new regulatory wrinkles, such as a proposed change in how to classify gig workers and more states requiring pay transparency. After three precarious pandemic years, what transpires in 2023 will make a big difference in whether small businesses across the country are able to stay afloat.

Otis Warren Jr., first Black person to construct an office building in downtown Baltimore, dies

Otis Warren Jr., a self-made businessman who became the first Black person to construct an office building in downtown Baltimore, died Tuesday at Sinai Hospital. His son, Otis Warren III, said he died of complications from “a health issue that occurred two years ago.” Mr. Warren was 80 and had homes in the Village of Cross Keys and in Florida. In 1993, he opened his $38 million, 11-story City Crescent building at Howard and Baltimore streets. “I had a philosophical and emotional need to make this happen for my community,” he said to The Sun of the successfully completed structure. “Beyond the money, it was a purpose. It was a cause.”

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Md. biotech Adaptive Phage Therapeutics advances fight to wipe out superbugs in cystic fibrosis

A Maryland biotech that’s been working to wipe out drug-resistant infections, or superbugs, is hustling to take its therapy to the patients who need it — now with another avenue to get it done. Gaithersburg’s Adaptive Phage Therapeutics Inc. said Thursday its bacteriophage therapy, which attacks bacteria that don’t respond to antibiotics, is being tested in a study of adults with cystic fibrosis who have a germ called Pseudomonas aeruginosa in their lungs. The National Institutes of Health and its National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which have backed APT’s work previously, are funding the trial.

TEDCO higher ed collaborators grow impact in Baltimore through venture funding

Maryland is a national powerhouse in finance, health care, education and manufacturing; coupled with several of its public and private colleges and universities, the state is looking to boost outcomes in these industries through venture capital and private investment. TEDCO is proud to serve as a lead collaborator in Maryland’s support of businesses within emerging and underserved communities statewide. Its work with institutions ranges from collaborative marketing of venture funding to direct programming support for startups based at institutions.

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