As founder of a small business consultancy in Austin, Texas, Sara Christensen often used her own social media platform to offer industry tips and career advice. An entrepreneur and 25-year
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With business booming thanks to a pandemic spike in pet ownership, Minneapolis-based dog grooming salon chain Bubbly Paws plans to pursue national expansion through franchising. “There is no real leader
When Triple Five Group put up its property Mall of America as collateral for its long-delayed American Dream project in New Jersey, back in the innocent days of 2019, the
The new Edina location for the Minnesota-based restaurant chain features an event room, patio, and more seating. It opens July 1.
NutriSource Pet Foods, a subsidiary of Perham-based KLN Family Brands, is taking dog treat startup Finley’s under its wing through a strategic product development and manufacturing partnership. Under the partnership,
The June 3 shooting at an Uptown parking garage was the final straw for Juut Salonspa owner David Wagner. After 35 years of anchoring the northeast corner of Lake and
The Stable, a fast-growing branding and commerce agency that specializes in bringing new products to shelf at Target and other major retailers, decided to flip the script and launch one
I met my husband in college, so I skipped the whole online dating thing. But I have to think internet matchmaking has some similarities to networking during a pandemic. I’m
St. Paul-based online warranty platform Upsie just finalized an $18.2 million Series A round that founder Clarence Bethea hopes will encourage other Black founders. “Getting more dollars to Black and
Mall of America’s 13-screen movie theater will reopen on May 27 under an operator new to the Twin Cities market, B&B Theatres. MOA overhauled its theater in 2018 when CMX
For the first time in its 48-year history, the Twin Cities Auto Show will be held outside at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Potentially the largest gathering to take place in
The pandemic has been good for business at Ovative Group, the Minneapolis-based digital marketing agency founded by former Target.com president Dale Nitschke. But as more and more clients sign on,
Having endured deserted downtown Minneapolis streets and several shattered windows in the past year, Rosenthal Interiors—a Warehouse District fixture for more than 125 years—is finally succumbing to the suburbs. The
Commercial real estate developer Warren Beck, best known for building tony shopping center Galleria in Edina, died Monday after a three-year battle with lung cancer. He was 75. Beck leaves
Should we just start referring to the entire 50th & France shopping district as Nolan Mains? Buhl Investors, the firm responsible for the new development on the backside of 50th
It hit me in March, as I swapped notes with senior editor Liz Fedor about her cover story on the working mom juggle: I hadn’t planned my kids’ summer. I
Customer service 101: When business isn’t going as planned, be honest about it. Room & Board, like many retailers, is struggling to keep up with pandemic demand, which hasn’t subsided,
Now that big screen releases stream straight to our homes, consumers are apparently more likely to leave the house to buy a comfortable recliner than to visit a movie theater.