Before all the votes have been tallied, the Clinton Group announced that shareholders voted “overwhelmingly” for a change of four members of ValueVision’s board of directors.
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Ahead of an annual shareholder meeting at which it hopes to win board seats, activist investor Clinton Group has made public three emails that decry management practices at ValueVision; meanwhile, ValueVision’s CEO called the allegations “simply not true and completely unfair.”
The company reminded its Twitter followers that certain movies, which currently aren't available for preorder on Amazon.com, can still be ordered from Best Buy.
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The retailer’s profits grew even as same-store sales dipped; shares of the company’s stock climbed on the news.
The Loose-Wiles Building quickly went from vacant to 94 percent full in Minneapolis’ fast-growing North Loop neighborhood.
Saunders took the Timberwolves to all eight of its total playoff appearances in his former role as head coach from 1995 to 2005.
The local bid for the basketball tournament already has been submitted. The selection will be made in November.
In addition to medical office buildings, a 40,000-square-foot grocery store, restaurants, and more, the City Place development will feature two hotels.
Twin Cities co-working organizations are finding ways to move beyond memberships, leveraging their various spaces for private events; Joule, for example, is doubling as an “all-inclusive” wedding venue.
Graves 601 will officially change hands this summer when Graves Hospitality sells the 21-floor hotel for an undisclosed sum.
Although Target doesn’t plan to offer e-books, its partnership with Librify will expand its popular “Club Picks” book club into the digital realm.
The International Special Events Society’s Minneapolis-St. Paul chapter announces its 2014 award-winning events.
To help overhaul the Canadian operations, Schindele is hiring two external firms to conduct operational and strategic assessments.
Can the Ackerberg Group draw local retailers and urban energy?
The local building boom is putting developers back in business.
While Best Buy’s quarterly profits beat analyst expectations, the company expects same-store sales to keep sliding because of a lack of major product launches during its upcoming quarters.
The same day the retail giant reported that its profits fell 16 percent during the first quarter, it announced that it will soon begin testing a new delivery service to three major markets.