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Prime Pacific Bank closes branch

Prime Pacific Bank closes branch

Prime Pacific Bank will be closing its branch located at 4710 196th St. SW. in September. Glenn Deutsch, President & CEO, announced the consolidation of their two Lynnwood branches in a June 18 press release. All of the customer accounts at the 4710 196th Street SW branch will be transferred to the Lynnwood headquarters branch located at 2502 196th St. SW. The 196th Street branch at will close... »

Embassy Suites Hotel receives certificate of excellence award

Embassy Suites Hotel receives certificate of excellence award

The Embassy Suites Hotel North Seattle/Lynnwood, a 240 all-suite hotel located in Lynnwood has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award for the second year in a row. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-... »

Lynnwood-based Zumiez increased sales for May

Lynnwood-based Zumiez increased sales for May

Lynnwood-based Zumiez Inc., a leading specialty retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories, announced that total net sales for the four-week period ended June 1, 2013 increased 16.7 percent to $43.6 million, compared to $37.4 million for the four-week period ended May 26, 2012. The company’s comparable store sales increased 1.1 percent for the four-week pe... »

Welcome our newest advertisers — we are grateful for their support!

Welcome our newest advertisers — we are grateful for their support!

A warm welcome to our new advertisers. All of us at Lynnwood Today appreciate their support for our online gathering place of neighbors and friends. In turn, we hope you will support them! Brier Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Carol Earls recently moved her practice from Edmonds to the Mountlake Terrace/Brier area, and she invites returning and new patients to visit her at 4311 212th St. S.W., #140, Moun... »

Lynnwood shows support for Clothes For Kids

Lynnwood shows support for Clothes For Kids

  The city of Lynnwood and the community came together to show support for Clothes For Kids as it wrapped up a month-long clothing drive Saturday in front of the Lynnwood Recreation Center. As part of the Stuff the Truck event, two representatives from Umpqua Bank presented Clothes For Kids with a check for $2,500. Clothes For Kids, a local non-profit that provides clothing for low income stu... »

New Zumiez headquarters has teen vibe

The new Zumiez building in Lynnwood is part public-company headquarters, part public skate park. Our news partner, the Seattle Times, reports that at the new Zumiez building, dome mirrors in the hallways serve an unusual purpose: to help skateboarders see around corners and prevent accidents. Teen-clothing chain Zumiez moved to the custom building off Interstate 5 last summer after seven years at ... »

Net sales up, comparable store sales down for Zumiez

Lynnwood-based Zumiez Inc., a leading specialty retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories,reported total net sales for the first quarter ending May 4, 2013 increased 14.3 percent to $148.5 million from $129.9 million in the first quarter ended April 28, 2012 . Comparable store sales for the 13 weeks ended May 4, 2013 decreased (0.7 percent) compared to a compar... »

Free business advice at the Lynnwood Library on Thursday

If you’re looking to start a new business or need some help running a current business, then make an appointment to have a free one hour consultation with a member of SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business. Free counseling sessions are available from noon-4 p.m. Thursday, May 23 at the Lynnwood Library. Appointment can be made at the Lynnwood Library information desk. SCORE, Cou... »

Sound Storage of Lynnwood grand opening set for Thursday

Sound Storage of Lynnwood is having its grand opening from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, May 16. This free community event features wine, beverages and food. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 5:30PM and there will be a storage unit treasure hunt with prizes. Sound Storage is located at at 16429 20th Ave. W. in Lynnwood. Sound Storage of Lynnwood offers storage for items such as bikes, recreational equip... »

Zumiez sales increase by 12 percent

Lynnwood-based Zumiez Inc., a leading specialty retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories, announced that total net sales for the four-week period ended May 4, 2013 increased 12.1 percent to $43.0 million, compared to $38.4 million for the four-week period ended April 28, 2012. The Company’s comparable store sales increased 4.6 percent for the four-week p... »

FDIC claims Lynnwood bank CEO bullied board over pay

Our news partner, The Seattle Times, reports that a lawsuit by regulators against the founder and former chief of City Bank, Conrad Hanson, paints him as bullying the board of directors into paying him sky-high bonuses before the Lynnwood bank’s 2010 failure. For 2006, he proposed a $1.6 million cash bonus on top of a $600,000 salary, according to a $41 million negligence lawsuit the Federal Depos... »

Zumiez reports nearly 20 percent increase in sales

Lynnwood-based Zumiez, a leading specialty retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories, announced that total net sales for the five-week period ended April 6, 2013 increased 19.7 percent to $61.0 million, compared to $50.9 million for the five-week period ended March 31, 2012. The Company’s comparable store sales increased 2.1 percent for the five-week peri... »

Snohomish County PUD offering small busineses no-cost measures to save energy

Snohomish County PUD is rolling out a free, limited-time opportunity for small businesses in Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace to save energy and lower their PUD bill. Over the next several weeks, Willdan Energy Solutions – the PUD’s contractor for this project – will visit businesses to offer a free energy assessment and installation of simple energy-saving measures at no cost. These measures includ... »

Lynnwood Crossroads Shopping Complex moving forward

Lynnwood Crossroads Shopping Complex moving forward

While much of the city’s attention has been focused on the Costco-anchored Lynnwood Place project on the old Lynnwood High School site, another major retail project is steadily moving forward. The Lynnwood Crossroads Shopping Center has nine tenants signed, including anchor-tenant LA Fitness. The center, located at the southwest corner of 196th Street Southwest and Highway 99, encompasses 123,000 ... »

Zumiez beats Wall Street’s forecast

Lynnwood-based clothing chain Zumiez posted a 22 percent increase in its fourth-quarter profit Thursday, beating Wall’s Street’s forecast. Zumiez said it made a quarterly profit of $22.9 million, or 74 cents a share, up from $18.7 million, or 60 cents a share, a year ago. Sales rose 22 percent to $224.4 million, according to our news partner, The Seattle Times. Read about Zumiez here.     »

City Council moves ahead with Lynnwood Place Project

City Council moves ahead with Lynnwood Place Project

The Lynnwood City Council unanimously voted to support plans for the development of Lynnwood Place, the former site of Lynnwood High School. During its Feb. 25 meeting, the council approved a change in the comprehensive plan future use from public facilities to mixed use and also a change in zoning from public to commercial-residential for the property located near Alderwood mall. The proposed pro... »

Creation Station closes retail store but will continue mobile service and website

Creation Station closes retail store but will continue mobile service and website

Creation Station will live on. Though the retail location for the crafts store and art studio in Lynnwood officially closed on Feb. 23, the owners will continue to operate a mobile service and provide students, teachers and artists with a wide variety of surplus and recycled materials through the company’s website. The decision to shut down the retail store was bittersweet for owners Frank and Joy... »

Compusave Strategic Alliance receives Boeing Performance Excellence Award

Compusave Strategic Alliance of Lynnwood announced that it has received the Boeing Supplier Excellence Award for 2012. The Boeing Company issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance. This year, Boeing recognized 594 suppliers who achieved either a Gold or Silver level of exceptional quality and delivery performance, chosen among all of Boeing’s wor... »

Women Entrepreneurs fair coming to Lynnwood

Women Entrepreneurs fair coming to Lynnwood

Edmonds Community College and the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce hosts Women Entrepreneurs, WE Mean Business, an annual business network and resource fair from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Feb. 28 at Edmonds Community College’s Black Box Theatre. This free event focuses on helping educate and encourage women to begin and maintain a business — although all individuals, regardless of gender, are invited. WE M... »

Specialty Knives names new chief executive officer

Specialty Knives names new chief executive officer

Specialty Knives and Tools has named Gerald T. (Jerry) Heinlen Chief Executive Officer. “We are very pleased to have Jerry on board as our new CEO,” said Lanse Crane , chairman of the board at SOG. “We are confident that he, along with the SOG team, will drive the business to new levels of success.” “Having somebody with Jerry’s impressive leadership credentials... »

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