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The Services Brief — 15 episodes

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Cross-Industry Briefing: Monday, June 15, 2026

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HomeWell Care Services Spotlight

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Metal Tariffs are squeezing the Trades

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Puget Collision Buys Six Fix Auto Shops — and What an Award-Winning Owner's Exit Signals

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The Real Cost of Keeping a Crew, Housecall Pro's Rebuild, and Fitness Goes Premium

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STRONG Pilates CONNECT Launch — What Proprietary Hardware + Centralized Software Means for Scaling a Service Business

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Labor Cost Squeeze, AI Goes Autonomous, and the PE Roll-Up Reaches Richmond

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Business Spotlight: Cross Country Healthcare's $437M Take-Private - Plus Three Numbers That Mattered

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NFIB Comp Pressure Breaks, QuickBooks Workforce Goes Agentic, and Home Depot's SRS Closes Mingledorff's HVAC

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Business Spotlight: VIO Med Spa's ClubVIO Subscription Bet — Plus Three Numbers That Mattered

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Small Business Labor Softens, AI Receptionists Hit the Five-Truck Shop, and Gee Automotive Crosses 75 Franchises

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Business Spotlight: Insperity's HRScale Bet - Plus Three Numbers That Mattered

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Tariff Round Two, AI Dispatch Goes Standard, and Blackstone's $2.5B Bet on Home Services

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Caliber Collision's Mobile Pivot, ABM's 6.1%, BLS Janitor Wages, Massey's 6,000 Customers

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HVAC Price Squeeze, AI Adoption Floor, VIO Med Spa Lands in Nashville