Retail and Business

Women’s specialty clothing store Dry Goods LLC, a division of Von Maur Inc., today announced the opening of a store at Jordan Creek Town Center.

This is the chain’s first store in Iowa. Dry Goods …

The U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery will host a free webinar Nov. 13 on ways small businesses can plan for business disruptions caused by wintry weather. Click here to register.…

The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector slowed modestly in October, although a measure of employment in the sector improved to its highest level in seven months, according to the Institute for Supply …

Continued upward movement in the Iowa Leading Indicators Index suggests that the state’s employment growth will remain positive through the holiday season, the Iowa Department of Revenue said today. Residential building permit activity and Iowa’s stock …

Southridge Mall Plaza Shops are now open, including rue21, Foot Locker and Kay Jewelers.

The mall will hold a ribbon cutting of the new-and-improved property on Nov. 10, that will include a performance by Des …

Concerns that superstorm Sandy may interrupt short-term oil supplies are driving up oil prices, reports MSN Money.

In Europe, those concerns pushed benchmark crude for December delivery up 65 cents to $86.33 a barrel in electronic …

Marlando “Big Moe” Cason, won second place in the sauce category at the prestigious Jack Daniels World Championship in Lynchburg, Tenn last weekend, according to KCCI.com. 

Cason, who has been competing in barbecue contest for six years, said he will begin marketing …