{"id":318,"date":"2026-05-06T19:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessnews.blountcounty.news\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:55:24","slug":"by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/businessnews.blountcounty.news\/?page_id=318","title":{"rendered":"By the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"318\" class=\"elementor elementor-318\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a8f781 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a8f781\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae22c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae22c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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additional storefronts to area\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-blog-meta-separator\">\u2022<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-time premium-blog-meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-calendar-alt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>January 15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-outer-container\" data-total=\"2\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-container premium-blog-skin-side\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-wrapper empty-thumb\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-inner-container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"premium-blog-entry-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/businessnews.blountcounty.news\/?p=390\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\tAllevia Technology buys 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class=\"e-heading-link-base\">\n\t\tROCKFORD\n\t<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd24798 premium-blog-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-blog\" data-id=\"7bd24798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-blog.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-wrap  premium-blog-list\" data-page=\"318\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-outer-container\" data-total=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-container premium-blog-skin-side\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-thumb-effect-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-thumbnail-container premium-blog-none-effect\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/businessnews.blountcounty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/Blount-County-Business-News_February-2026_BCB07853-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail 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