Retail and Business

As shoppers line up outside super retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for early holiday bargains, they may be rubbing shoulders with protesting Walmart workers, according to news reports.

As the hottest shopping day of the retail …

Michael Gartner, Steve Rasmussen and John Ruan III will be inducted in the Iowa Business Hall of Fame next month.  

Gartner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and majority owner of the Iowa Cubs, Rasmussen, CEO of …

Convenience store operator Kum & Go LC has hired Mark Hasting as its new chief operating officer, the West Des Moines-based company announced this morning.

Hasting, who had been a regional vice president for Starbucks …

Current members or businesses looking to join the Des Moines Downtown Chamber of Commerce can renew or register membership today through Wednesday. Members can also take this time to nominate other members for awards, join …

The Small Business Administration will hold two webinars this month to help businesses boost holiday marketing strategies and prepare for tax filing season.

On Nov. 19 at noon, businesses can learn “Holiday Marketing Tips & …

A National Retail Federation (NRF) holiday consumer spending survey found that 52.8 percent of Americans have already started their holiday shopping, up from 51.4 percent last year.

According to shoppers, this year’s most popular gift …

The U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration released the third edition of its Trade Finance Guide: A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters today at the Finance, Credit and International Business Association (FCIB)’s 23rd Annual Global …

Sherwin-Williams Co., the top U.S. paint maker, said it will buy privately held Mexican paint company Consorcio Comex for about $2.34 billion in cash, including debt, to boost its distribution in the Americas, Reuters reported. …

University of Iowa entrepreneurs will be in Des Moines on Nov. 14 at the UI Pappajohn Building, 1200 Grand Ave., from 5 to 7 p.m.

Join Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory student representatives from five businesses …