About 227,500 Stephan Baby Boo Bunnie plush toys are being recalled after reports that the removable ice‑pack cubes can break into sharp pieces. The company is offering refunds or store credit.

EōS Fitness closed courts at several Phoenix clubs in early April, and new gyms are replacing hoops with studios and content spaces as pickleball booms.

A new analysis puts Phoenix at No. 7 for small‑business support even as commercial bankruptcy filings climb; low taxes and growth are offset by rising risk.

Phoenix-based AZ Lemonade Stand will appear in every Circle K in Arizona and about 650 stores across the West after a new distribution deal.

Lion Energy took an equity stake in American Battery Factory to secure prismatic LFP cells from ABF's Tucson gigafactory. The move lines up with Lion's June assembly ramp and ABF's multi‑year offtake deals.

IKEA will open a 75,000‑sq‑ft small‑format store at Village Square II in north Phoenix on April 8, offering thousands of items for same‑day pickup and an in‑store Swedish food concept.

A Phoenix Business Journal ranking shows a defense contractor now leads Arizona manufacturers by in-state employment as semiconductors and batteries reshape hiring.

Sinomax will cease Phoenix manufacturing by late April, filing a WARN notice that impacts 89 workers as production shifts to Tennessee.

State tax files and industry trackers show Arizona’s cannabis market is oversupplied, squeezing prices and forcing growers and shops to adapt.

Two Arizona Lottery tickets sold in Pinetop and Scottsdale paid a combined $210,000; winners have 180 days to claim their prizes at Lottery offices or by mail.

Aldi signed multi‑year leases for three large retail sites in Peoria, Cave Creek and Phoenix, taking over spaces left by Big Lots and a trampoline park. The moves fit into a bigger regional expansion plan.

A new Business Journal ranking puts the Phoenix‑Mesa‑Chandler metro at No. 19 for women‑owned businesses while the region posted the fourth-highest GDP gain among large metros.

Honeywell will invest roughly $500M to modernize military‑tech production under a Pentagon framework; Charlotte could see supply‑chain and job effects depending on where work lands.