AABP EP Awards 728x90

Retail and Business

DSC 6869

Florida company gets license to sell CBD products in Iowa

Corridor Business Journal: Global Widget, based in Tampa, Fla., has announced it is one of the first CBD companies to receive the required license to distribute CBD products to retail and wholesale partners in Iowa. Although …

DSC 6869

NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Leadership during the new normal: Inspiring others

President John F. Kennedy, while visiting NASA in the 1960s, reportedly asked a janitor at the facility: “What do you do here?” The employee replied: “I’m helping to put a man on the moon.” Every …

DSC 6869

Health club announces it is buying vacant mall building for sports facility

A Kansas-based health club announced that it is buying the former Sears building at Southridge Mall in Des Moines and converting the 105,000-square-foot structure into a fitness and athletic complex. The redevelopment of the site …

DSC 6869

ABI survey: Two-thirds of companies expect sales to increase in second quarter

Iowa manufacturers anticipate strong sales in the second quarter, according to results of the latest ABI Quarterly Iowa Business Survey. “This is fabulous news for Iowans, especially when you consider the pandemic and where we …

DSC 6869

Hy-Vee awards $15,000 to 15 Central Iowa schools

Fifteen schools across the Des Moines metro area received $1,000 each as part of Hy-Vee’s Fuel Your School sweepstakes, which distributed $75,000 to 55 schools across eight states this year, Hy-Vee announced on Friday. Held …

DSC 6869

The Garden announces plans to open restaurant, show lounge at East Village site

Des Moines Register: The Garden Nightclub is teasing plans on Facebook for what it says is its new East Village location. Des Moines’ oldest LGBTQ-friendly dance club left its longtime home at the end of 2020 …

DSC 6869

Casey’s continues to do well during pandemic

Casey’s General Store Inc., in the third quarter that ended Jan. 31, had diluted earnings per share of $1.04, a 14% increase from 91 cents a year ago, the company reported. In addition, inside same-store …

DSC 6869

Co-owner of downtown Fong’s says she was fired without cause

Des Moines Register: The co-founder, part-owner and manager of the downtown Des Moines Fong’s Pizza says she has been fired “without notice or cause” after filing suit against other members of the ownership group. Gwen Page, …

DSC 6869

Des Moines men’s clothing store Badowers closing after 71 years in business

Des Moines Register: After 71 years in business, Badowers, the men’s haberdashery on Ingersoll Avenue, is closing its doors. The coronavirus pandemic has had lasting effects on retail stores nationwide, and the longtime clothier is no …

DSC 6869

NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Should all mega-mergers be banned?

Two antitrust experts penned an interesting opinion piece in the Atlantic magazine that makes a compelling case for banning huge merger deals altogether. According to results of research they conducted, out of the 78 proposed mergers from …

dentons brweb 100125 300x250