A Target executive said that “showrooming” presents a major opportunity, not just a threat, as retailers work to more seamlessly integrate physical stores and digital channels.
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Sara Gavin will now oversee the firm’s 23 offices in the United States and Canada.
A new sports radio station that previously offered national programming will now feature local shows hosted by Mike Morris, Bob Sansevere, Tom Barnard, and Don Shelby.
John Olson passed away about 20 years after founding Olson, one of the five largest independent ad agencies in the country.
Despite a rumor that was circulated last week, Best Buy said it has no partnership with Google to announce, and a Google official said Google Glass will not appear in Best Buy stores next year.
Thirteen of Minnesota’s 25 Patch sites are slated for closure if they cannot be sold or partnered in about 60 days.
The online news provider has 25 websites in Minnesota, and it’s unclear whether they will be among the 400 nationwide that will be sold or closed down.
Don Shelby: "Being a loud-mouthed know-it-all would probably not serve the district very well."
On the heels of major U.S. newspaper acquisitions, the Star Tribune declined to comment on whether it is up for sale.
Although Comcast’s new technology was launched in 2011, it has seen a slow roll out and is now offered in the Twin Cities.
Padilla Speer Beardsley will acquire Richmond, Virginia-based PR firm CRT/Tanaka for an undisclosed sum.
President and Publisher Steve Fox has retired after 25 years spent leading Greenspring Media Group, and the company has been sold to a Detroit publishing company.
A study found Minnesota companies tend to neglect
their email relationships with customers or smother
customers with contact.
How Cold Spring Brewing, once the laughingstock of the beer industry, went from the verge of liquidation to a diversified and growing beverage company.
The company said its second-quarter earnings rose nearly 14 percent, and it also acquired San Francisco-based VerticalResponse.
The company behind Sleep Number beds had seen its stock climb consistently over the last few months to about $27 per share, but its shares fell Thursday after the company released its second-quarter financial results.
Communications firm WCG is opening a Minneapolis office in the hopes of expanding its Midwest client base.
Hubbard will gain five stations each in Seattle and Phoenix, which it said are the 13th- and 14th-largest U.S. radio markets, respectively.