Fast Fitness Japan, the largest master franchisee of Twin Cities-based Anytime Fitness, debuted Wednesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Trading as FFJ, Fast Fitness owns 850 Anytime Fitness clubs across
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Just because your company manufactures blankets or jewelry or gourmet foods doesn’t mean you pass on holiday shopping. The owners of some popular local brands share their go-to Minnesota-made gift
On December 8, the night before this issue hit mailboxes and newsstands, we gathered online for a virtual celebration to reveal the innovators, change agents, builders, believers, and emerging leaders
A sprawling 11,000-square-foot toy store designed to encourage discovery and imaginative play may sound like a pre-Covid relic, but the Ukrainian group behind the new Hey!Joy at Mall of America
Undeterred by Covid, the winter festival, Jan. 28 to Feb. 7 will include art installations, winter walks, virtual concerts, and conversations about climate change.
Two years (i.e. a million years) ago, as I found myself buying artisan earrings at distilleries and locally made socks at farmer’s markets, I declared 2018 the year of too
Less than a week after announcing the acquisition of an Arkansas software firm, The Stable is at it again—this time, joining forces with its main Minneapolis rival. The Stable, a
With travel as the driver for Urban Undercover, opening a store to showcase the brand’s apparel and accessories at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport seemed like a smart move.
Refrigerated health shots are an emerging subset of the functional beverage category that includes cold pressed juices and Kombucha. Minneapolis-based So Good So You is already the category leader, and
The Stable, a Minneapolis-based retail agency that launches consumer brands across brick and mortar, e-commerce and direct to consumer, has acquired Arkansas-based RichContext to augment its expertise in social selling.
With wholesale coffee bean sales soaring as more people caffeinate at home due to Covid-19, fair trade roaster Peace Coffee has decided to exit the coffee shop business, closing its
"It’s nice to gather for good news,” Gov. Tim Walz proclaimed as he swept into the 801 Marquette building—and up to a raw third-floor space that will soon become the
There’s the entrepreneurial strategy of jumping on available space when no one else is eager to risk expansion, and then there’s opening a 35,000-square-foot axe throwing, go-karting entertainment center and
Citing the “substantial” reduction in downtown Minneapolis traffic with no quick rebound in sight, Juut Salonspa told clients on Tuesday that it will close its skyway-level location in the Gaviidae
Even with gyms open again, the studio fitness industry isn’t bouncing back quickly. Minneapolis-based Alchemy 365 announced Tuesday that it will close its Uptown studio in effort to stabilize the
Enduring downtown Minneapolis men’s retailer Hubert White is dipping a toe (make that, a cap-toe Oxford) into Edina with a temporary store set to open Nov. 10 at the new
Juggling remote work and household responsibilities is causing some professional women to rethink career advancement or fear they will miss out on opportunities to get ahead. Even so, diversity, equity,
On the heels of the United Nations World Food Programme winning the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Friday, some of Minnesota’s largest food manufacturers and nonprofit organizations will come together this