Retail and Business

The merger of Clive-based McClure Engineering Co. and Trabue, Hansen & Hinshaw of Columbia, Mo., takes effect today. The combined company, with more than 100 employees in seven locations, offers water, wastewater, transportation, aviation, stormwater …

Stephen Larson, administrator of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, will lead the National Alcohol Beverages Control Association for the coming year. Larson will oversee various missions focused on contemporary issues such as the sale and …

Almost a third of small businesses in Iowa added jobs in 2014, with the greatest numbers of added jobs coming in the agricultural and construction sectors, according to an annual report on small-business activity in …

Des Moines-based LightEdge Solutions announced today that it is becoming a CenturyLink Data Center Partner at its Altoona facility. With the new partnership, the Altoona facility will now be seen as a part of the …

There are more self-storage facilities in the United States than there are McDonald’s, Subway and Jack in the Box restaurants combined, according to two real estate publications. The self-storage industry is a lucrative one, too. The …

More Iowa grocery shoppers are paying attention to food labels than in 2013 — 82 percent compared with 68 percent — but price and taste still drive their food-buying decisions at the grocery store, according …

The hunger for fake meat — or meatless meat — is getting bigger, even though a mere 7 percent of U.S. consumers say they are vegetarians. The latest sales numbers of plant-based meat alternatives reached …