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Marshall named Hy-Vee chief operating officer

  Jay Marshall

Jay Marshall, executive vice president and chief retail officer of Hy-Vee Inc., has been named Hy-Vee’s new chief operating officer. Marshall will retain all responsibility for retail operations and store development and …
By BPC Staff | Jan 12, 2016
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SBDC to offer social media classes for small businesses

The Iowa Small Business Development Center has teamed with social media strategist Justin Wise of Think Digital to offer a series of social media classes for small businesses. The six-class series will help small business …
By BPC Staff | Jan 12, 2016
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UI to offer master’s degree in business analytics in Des Moines

The University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business will begin offering a Master of Science degree in in business analytics starting this fall in Des Moines’ John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center. The …
By BPC Staff | Jan 8, 2016
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Meredith ups the ante in its bid for Media General

Meredith Corp. is not leaving the tussle to acquire multimedia company Media General Inc., which announced today that it has completed negotiations on a competing deal to be acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc.


Meredith…
By KENT DARR | Jan 7, 2016
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Investment giant to unveil plans today to buy Mills Fleet Farm

Family-owned and Minnesota-based Mills Fleet Farm has agreed to sell to New York-based KKR, one of the country’s largest investment concerns that has holdings in various industries totaling about $100 billion, the Minneapolis StarTribune reported. Terms of …
By BPC Staff | Jan 5, 2016
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Van Meter Inc. completes purchase of Bright Electrical Supply

Cedar Rapids-based electrical supplier Van Meter Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed its purchase of Bright Electrical Supply, a leading lighting distributor located in Chicago. Intentions to buy the lighting distributor were announced …
By BPC Staff | Jan 4, 2016
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These big deals were nixed last year

Last year was a record-setter for deal making with mergers and acquisitions exceeding $4 trillion, but a few fell apart under pressure from federal antitrust officials, Seeking Alpha reported.


These turned out to be not such…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jan 4, 2016
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16 Industry Trends for 2016

I’m a bit of a futurist. I’ve always enjoyed thinking and debating with friends and colleagues about what the future will hold.

Seeing trends before they become fully adopted and understood is a key to …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jan 1, 2016
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2016 trend to watch: Expect an unprecedented rise in entrepreneurial activity

  Bill Adamowski

Trend: Starting in 2016, Central Iowa — including the Des Moines metropolitan area and Ames — will begin an unprecedented rise in entrepreneurial activities and innovation. This trend will continue to increase through …
By BPC Staff | Dec 31, 2015
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Report: Holiday sales up 7.9% this season

Strong online sales and demand for furniture and women’s apparel helped U.S. retail sales grow by a “solid” 7.9 percent this holiday season, according to the MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse report, Reuters reported.
U.S. retail sales, excluding automobiles…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015