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June 12, 2013
Shopko plans five new Shopko Hometown stores

Shopko intends to open five stores under its Shopko Hometown banner in Afton, Wyo., St. Peter, Minn., and Winneconne, Ellsworth and Tomahawk, Wis., in late fall of this year.

May 15, 2013
Mall of America unveils new logo and tagline

Mall of America, the nation's largest retail and entertainment destination, has unveiled a new logo and tagline.

May 7, 2013
Von Maur's March

Von Maur got its start like many of its department store peers: An immigrant with an American dream opened a downtown store, customers came, they shopped, the brand took hold and took off.

In the case of the midwestern upscale department store banner Von Maur, the dreamer was German immigrant J.H.C. Petersen, who opened a downtown storefront in Davenport, Iowa, in 1872. He and his sons grew the business and sold it nearly a half-century later to a partnership that included two Austrian brothers — C.J. and Cable von Maur, whose family gained full ownership by 1937.

May 2, 2013
Von Maur's March

Von Maur got its start like many of its department store peers: An immigrant with an American dream opened a downtown store, customers came, they shopped, the brand took hold and took off.

In the case of the midwestern upscale department store banner Von Maur, the dreamer was German immigrant J.H.C. Petersen, who opened a downtown storefront in Davenport, Iowa, in 1872. He and his sons grew the business and sold it nearly a half-century later to a partnership that included two Austrian brothers -- C.J. and Cable von Maur, whose family gained full ownership by 1937.

April 5, 2013
Gander Mountain to open firearms store in Minnesota

Gander Mountain will open Gander Mtn. Firearms Super Center in Rogers, Minn., in late April.

April 3, 2013
Report: Best Buy and Target end Geek Squad test

Best Buy Co. Inc. and Target Corp. ended a partnership that positioned Geek Squad agents in Target stores in Denver and Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

March 22, 2013
Bruegger's Bagels to open at Westwind Plaza

Brixmor Property Group has announced a 2,108-sq.-ft. lease with Bruegger's Bagels at Westwind Plaza, located in Minnetonka, Minn.

January 30, 2013
Paster names leasing agent

Paster Enterprises announced the hiring of Mike Sturdivant as a leasing agent for the company.

January 29, 2013
Report: Supervalu sets rate on $2.4B loan for Cerberus sale

Bloomberg reported Tuesday that Supervalu Inc. has set the rate it will pay on $2.4 billion of loans to fund the sale of five supermarket chains to a Cerberus Capital Management LP-led investor group.

January 15, 2013
Cabela’s adds two new stores to 2014 lineup

Cabela’s Inc. announced plans for two new stores, one in Greenville, S.C., and the other in Woodbury, Minn.

January 4, 2013
Nordstrom to open in Minnetonka, Minn.

Nordstrom plans to open a full-line store in Minnetonka, Minn., at Ridgedale Center, which is owned by General Growth Properties.

December 27, 2012
Report: Supervalu, former president settle court suit

Supervalu last week settled its suit enforcing a non-compete clause against former president Leon Bergmann, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported.

December 20, 2012
Pine Tree acquires Bloomington Grocer

Pine Tree Commercial Realty said its affiliate has acquired a Rainbow Foods grocery store in Bloomington, Minn.

December 17, 2012
Target to open store in Pomona, Calif.

Target announced plans to open a 140,000-sq.-ft. store in Pomona, Calif., in October 2013.

December 3, 2012
CBRE names Minneapolis head

CBRE Group said it has appointed Blake R. Hastings as managing director of its Minneapolis office, effective January 1, 2013.

August 23, 2012
Lili Salon Spa opens new Galleria location

William & Friends, the company behind Lili Salon and Spa concept in Minnetonka, Minn., has opened a second location at Galleria Edina, in Minneapolis.

August 21, 2012
Crain's: Klaff Realty eyeing Supervalu's Jewel-Osco business

Suitors are lining up to carve out divisions of Supervalu following the company's announcement last month that strategic divestitures were on the table as the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based grocer seeks to turn around its business performance.

July 5, 2012
Christopher & Banks to review $64 million buyout offer

Christopher & Banks Corp. said it had received a takeover offer from private equity firm Aria Partners.

June 27, 2012
Jones Lang LaSalle to lease, manage St. Paul Union Depot

Jones Lang LaSalle said it has been selected by the Ramsey County (Minnesota) Regional Rail Authority as the exclusive property management and retail leasing agent for St. Paul Union Depot.

June 27, 2012
Jones Lang LaSalle to lease, manage St. Paul Union Depot

Jones Lang LaSalle said it has been selected by the Ramsey County (Minnesota) Regional Rail Authority as the exclusive property management and retail leasing agent for St. Paul Union Depot.

April 19, 2012
Maurices teams with AT&T for new branded mobile app

Apparel retailer Maurices said it has debuted a new mobile application designed to enhance its customers’ in-store shopping experience.

April 16, 2012
Best Buy announces locations of store closings

Best Buy announced the locations of the 50 stores that it is closing this year, including seven in California, six in Illinois and six in the company’s home state of Minnesota.

March 27, 2012
Eidco awarded Westgate Mall project

Eidco Construction announced that the firm has won a 65,000-sq.-ft. renovation project at the Westgate Mall in Brainerd and Baxter, Minn.

January 17, 2012
Peeps store opens at Mall of America

Peeps & Co., the retail division of candy-manufacturer Just Born, whose brands include Peeps and Mike and Ike, has opened a store at Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota.

January 16, 2012
Retail Multichannel Consistency and Customer Experience

By Kiran Kumar MN, MindTree Ltd.

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