PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Associated Food Stores , a Salt Lake City, Utah-based cooperative that supplies supermarkets, said it has started to build what it’s calling “pandemic pallets” of sanitizing products so its warehouses will be fully stocked, Darin Peirce, vice president of Retail Operations, told WSJ. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Retailers are turning to accelerators to drive innovation, and Target is taking its program to the international stage: It is teaming up with Germany’s wholesale and food specialist METRO AG for its cohort this year. They will also visit the headquarters of Target in Minnesota and METRO’s Accelerator headquarters in Berlin.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Women’s clothing retailer Christopher & Banks Corporation has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, according to a Thursday (Jan. Moreover, the retailer foresees shuttering many of its physical retail locations, or potentially each of them.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

As an indication of how much retail real estate owners are struggling amid the pandemic, The Mall of America has reportedly skipped two payments on its mortgage of $1.4 Research firm Trepp found that the Triple Five Group-operated shopping center missed the April and May payments for its mortgage, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

The Verge reported that Best Buy Mobile stores were only contributing around 1 percent of overall revenue, while gobbling up more in operational costs than their full-sized counterparts. Outside of grocery, crafts retailer A.C. That’s according to Business Insider ; the retailer hasn’t been vocal about its upcoming closures.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. In preparation for the holiday season this year, the retailer has updated its website and also plans to have a larger array of electronics, toys and fashion products.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

As of the first of June, the nation’s largest mall — Minnesota’s Mall of America — is set to reopen its doors to the public, following Gov. Tim Walz clearing the state’s retail locations to open as of Monday of this week (May 11), provided they adhere to social distancing guidelines within their locations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The news comes as the first Amazon Fresh opened , with the eCommerce retailer providing access to the general public to the Los Angeles store in September. As it stands, 69 SpartanNash stores in Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Michigan provide the Fast Lane offering.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2024

and New York had the lowest increases in credit risk, while North Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota had the lowest volatility and were the most stable. As such, office buildings are still undergoing a net operating income (NOI) reset, with the value of the properties dropping in a corresponding fashion.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2017

The merged companies will now operate 24 distribution centers supplying customers in 46 states with a combined customer base of more than 3,000 stores. And the Minnesota-based Supervalu will now have a presence in Unified’s headquarters in Commerce, Calif., We’re also excited to serve Unified’s dynamic retailer base.”.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 23, 2023

The operative question is when commercial PODs will show a spike. As can be seen, Arizona and Texas have the largest increases in credit risk, while Minnesota and Maine are the most stable. Minnesota, North Dakota, and Iowa were the least risky states to lend into. Below are the current delinquency trends and projections.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Build-A-Bear Workshop Chief Operations Officer Chris Hurt said in the announcement, “Build-A-Bear is working with some of the best family-focused venues in the country this holiday season and beyond to bring our unforgettable Make-Your-Own experience to even more places people go for fun and entertainment.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

The company said in a release that it piloted the expanded grocery pickup program in Kansas City and in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. The move adds fresh and frozen grocery items to its existing pickup and delivery program.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

Amazon is already a large-scale employe in Minnesota, with hundreds presently employed and about 1,000 more currently being hired to staff the firm’s new Shakopee, Minnesota fulfillment center. But Minnesota will be the only city feeling the golden glow of Amazon’s expansion.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

Automation promises many benefits in retail, including the potential to reduce costs and improve the customer experience. The July Automated Retail Tracker examines the latest cashierless efforts in retail and finds which are experiencing uptake and which may fall flat. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should, though.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Earnings should reflect strength in the company’s increasing profitability and web services growth, but an increase in spending will lower operating income, according to analysts. Its strongest growth came from Amazon’s expanding cloud services and Amazon Web Services, which analysts predict will show strong numbers again this quarter.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

” That scaling will see Google up its last-mile instant delivery platform very far and wide with launches in Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi and New Mexico. “Amazon’s doing it,” Helsel noted of the not-so-good reasoning that decides some delivery-related decisions in retail.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

PYMNTS recently reported that the Minnesota Vikings “became the latest pro sports organization to sign with GameOn Technology , a San Francisco-based conversational commerce company that has taken chat to a new level. DraftKings announced on Wednesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

The Goldfish team will work out of Target’s tech office in Sunnyvale, California, under West Stringfellow — one of three entrepreneurs in residence who joined up with Target last year to help drive the firm’s latter-day efforts at innovation and out-of-the-box retail thinking. The long game involves spending as much as $2.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

It made a largely unreported acquisition of a firm called STARTEK earlier this year, and although it may sound like an acquisition more appropriate for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space exploration firm, the business is a call center operator and engagement outsourcing specialist. Plus, Evine might be something of a difficult acquisition target.

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

“Arlene does an amazing job of tending to her customers’ technical needs and also their emotional needs,” says Hovell, the bank’s senior vice president, director of retail banking performance. Merchants Bank operates branches in 19 communities in southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

The Prime Day countdown clock is ticking down, and with all the media reports about what Amazon is doing to prepare (and what everyone else in retail is doing to prepare for those preparations), it might be hard to believe that there is news to be had outside of the Amazon-invented shopping holiday. So where were the highlights?

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

We worked with them with loans to buy equipment and vehicles for delivery and the beginning operational cash needs of the business,” Bunnell says. First State Bank Minnesota. Citizens Bank Minnesota. Rowland with Greg Bynum, president and chief operating officer. Wrentham Co-operative Bank. Marion, Ky. Chancellor.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

According to the PYMNTS Mobile-Order Ahead Tracker , however, even smaller chains such as Minnesota-based Caribou Coffee are also harnessing the technology by creating mobile-order ahead apps as well. It also operates its own restaurant concepts that are delivery-only with names such as Excuse My French Toast.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

According to the PYMNTS Mobile-Order Ahead Tracker , however, even smaller chains such as Minnesota-based Caribou Coffee are also harnessing the technology by creating mobile-order ahead apps as well. It also operates its own restaurant concepts that are delivery-only with names such as Excuse My French Toast.

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

In her first semester at Southwest Minnesota State University, she majored in Computer Science and learned quite a lot about terminals, using Jedit, and also learned about gates and machine languages operating off binary numbers. Christina is always finding new ways of using her creativity to inspire others.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

billion of assets and operates twenty five branches in the western suburbs of Chicago. Summit also operates an insurance subsidiary. Positive operating leverage! (OTCQX: BNCC) Here is this year's list: #1. Old Second Bancorp, Inc. Nasdaq: OSBC) Old Second is a single-bank holding company headquartered in Aurora, Illinois.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Thus, the season is already over for Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Golden State, Minnesota and New York. With football season not set to begin until September, the National Football League (NFL) currently plans to run normal operations. 1 rather than the usual October. NFL Plans A Regular Fall Season (For Now).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Offered in conjunction with Postmates, the service will be available in the 40 metro markets in which Postmates currently operates. Minnesota vs. the Impending Masses. The Super Bowl is much more than a one-day game; it’s now a 10-day festival,” said Andrea Mokros, VP of Communications and Events for the Minnesota Super Bowl Committee.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Credit Union Merger of the Year Minnesota-based Firefly and TruStone credit unions come to terms on a solid combination in the Twin Cities area. Whether this turns out great or a bubble that pops, Chime has jolted the staid banking industry into thinking about who will acquire future retail customers and where value creation may emerge.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Offered in conjunction with Postmates, the service will be available in the 40 metro markets that Postmates operates in. Minnesota Vs The Impending Masses. Amazon retailer Creepy Party toy recently had a creepy experience of their own. Winner: Pizza . But are burritos displacing pizza on Super Bowl weekend? The Crowded Bowl .

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

Both species, a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School has found, express profound regret over how much time is spent waiting for something to happen. It’s not surprising that retailers have invested in making speed and convenience the hallmark of a great consumer experience.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 20, 2017

Minnesota-based Auego will add Edo’s CLO technology to its loyalty and engagement offerings, which will provide Edo access to a larger client base. At FinovateSpring 2012, the Nashville-based company (pictured right) launched its GeoCommerce feature that enabled retailers to push offers to users’ phones based on their geolocation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Pet goods retail chain PetSmart announced Thursday it had opened 28 new brick-and-mortar storefronts in North America during the quarter that ended Nov. Canada and Puerto Rico, and the company operates another 207 in-store PetSmart PetsHotel dog and cat boarding facilities. The 1,600 stores are located in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

It’s no wonder more than three-fourths (78 percent) of operators considered off-premises programs strategic priorities. . While drive-thrus can be a source of retail innovation , traditional operations aren’t what they used to be. Caribou Coffee is rolling out a small-format concept in Minnesota called Caribou Cabins.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Winks, president, lending and retail banking at Northpointe Bank, which is an active mortgage lender in all 50 states. Another common focus is overcoming challenges associated with integrating different solutions, such as getting a document management system that can work with the mortgage loan operating system.

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