The Bloomington mall plans to bring Las Vegas's Wink World to shoppers this summer. It's part of an ongoing push toward experiential retail.
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It’s one of four small-format stores the retailer is closing this year.
Starting this season, the team is partnering with U.S. Bank to provide free retail space for three vendors led by underrepresented groups.
Regis Corp. was searching for relevance when the pandemic nearly did it in. A new leader believes he can groom the nation's largest salon company into a lucrative franchiser.
A small strip mall in Loring Park now sits behind a fence. It's been surprisingly OK for business.
How a former Target exec came to launch a new deodorant brand for teens.
With the departure of Aldi and the impending closure of Walgreens in North Minneapolis, local institutions are scrambling to help their neighbors meet basic needs.
The Minneapolis-based retailer says it hopes to open at least six new “sortation centers” by 2026.
Work-from-home's toll has been modest at the venerable menswear store. Here's why.
It had been listed to go to auction in February, but Ben Hamd with Brookwood Capital Advisors had other ideas for the suburban mall.
Joining the ranks of several other malls, the Bloomington institution has debuted a new rewards program in an attempt to keep shoppers coming.
The closure will impact 680 employees, but Amazon says they will be offered transfers to other Twin Cities facilities.
The mall is now implementing periodic and unannounced bag checks at entrances and significantly boosting its security and police presence.
With its first brick-and-mortar storefront open, Vivront Cutlery & Sharpening is on a mission to sharpen knives and tackle school lunch debt.
The next new thing in beverages is nonalcoholic. But does a sober menu = a more sober lifestyle?
The Maplewood Mall, which anchors Maplewood’s North End, may soon change hands once again after a February auction.
A new work group is studying the future of retail, but true progress will require strategies, resources, and calling in all possible lifelines.
The mayor has convened a group of experts to take a hard look at growing retail holes in downtown Minneapolis. The group is expected to issue its first recommendations in spring.