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    June 9, 2017
    Artist Darin Drummer works on a picture of Sitting Bull in his new studio space in Grand Cities Mall. (Janelle Vonasek/Grand Forks Herald)play button
    No shortage of specialties at Grand Cities Mall
    The Grand Cities Mall is filled with all sorts of wonders and specialties — so many so, it was difficult to get more than a peek at some...
    NewsJune 9, 2017 - 1:43pm
    Charis Brossart (center) offered to share her extra strawberry shake with fellow Del's Cafe guests Amy Robinson (left) and daughter Carrie Brossart. (Janelle Vonasek/Grand Forks Herald)play button
    Grand Cities: A magical mall for the curious
    Don't say you haven't been warned. The signs out front clearly state: No loitering. If you enter the Grand Cities Mall on South Washington Street...
    News/localJune 9, 2017 - 1:42pm
    May 27, 2017
    The Fargo Outlets at Timber Creek, a 300,000-square-foot outlet center a Fargo developer is planning, would be at the northeast corner of 52nd Avenue South and Interstate 29. It would have enough space for 60 stores and open in 2018. (Special to Forum News Service)
    Fargo outlet mall may not break ground in 2017
    FARGO — The outlet center planned for the city's south end may not break ground this year after all, according to developer Kevin Christianson....
    NewsMay 27, 2017 - 4:16pm
    May 17, 2017
    Deer caught looking for deals at Minnesota Wal-Mart
    Wadena, Minn. — Shoppers got quite the surprise at the Wadena Wal-Mart when they noticied a deer perusing the aisles. The picture above has...
    NewsMay 17, 2017 - 8:12am
    May 9, 2017
    The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center. REUTERS/Pascal Rossigno
    Amazon cuts free shipping minimum to $25
    Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday, May 9, it cut the threshold for free shipping to $25 from $35, upping the ante against Wal-Mart Stores Inc in...
    NewsMay 9, 2017 - 1:26pm
    May 3, 2017
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    Local stores thinking of future changes during Small Business Week
    Grand Forks, N.D.- A change in storefronts as bigger stores are moving out, could it lead to bigger sales for small businesses? The landscape...
    NewsMay 3, 2017 - 8:45am
    May 1, 2017
    Schwans CEO Dimitrios Smyrnios is helping reshape the frozen food delivery pioneer for the modern family. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
    Home food delivery is hot, but Schwan's has done it for 65 years
    MARSHALL, Minn. - Home meal delivery services are hot right now, but it isn't often that Schwan's Co. is mentioned as one of the innovators in...
    NewsMay 1, 2017 - 11:34am
    March 7, 2017
    An artist's depiction of the Fargo Outlets at Timber Creek, a 300,000-square-foot outlet center a Fargo developer hopes to build at the northeast corner of Interstate 29 and 52nd Avenue South. Special to The Forum
    H&M to open Fargo store at proposed outlet center
    FARGO—Fashion retailer H&M will open its first store here next year—but it won't be in West Acres Shopping Center. The Swedish-based...
    NewsMarch 7, 2017 - 10:10am
    February 10, 2017
    A buyer receives items from thredUP six to eight days after the order is placed online. April Knutson / Special to The Forum
    Rise of resale: Buyer and seller platforms provide more secondhand options
    Finding an item in a certain size or style is difficult anytime, but especially in a thrift or resale store. Online resale platforms can save...
    NewsFebruary 10, 2017 - 12:12pm
    Editorial: Fill Macy's gap for sake of local tourism
    Two headlines in last Thursday's Herald illustrate the state of American retail business. On Page A1, the Herald announced the unfortunate news...
    opinionJanuary 10, 2017 - 4:13pm
    January 6, 2017
    Les Roseno tidys up a hallway at the Columbia Mall Friday. Roseno has worked at the mall since 2008. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Mall will recover from loss of Macy's, experts say
    Once Macy's leaves Grand Forks, it's unclear what will happen to the space it occupies at Columbia Mall. The shopping center may struggle without...
    News/businessJanuary 6, 2017 - 9:04pm
    January 5, 2017
    T01.05.2017 -- Steve Kuchera -- 010617.N.DNT.PlasticbagsC2 -- Anna Campbell bags and boxes groceries for a customer at Mount Royal Market on Thursday. Several groups are pushing for a Duluth city ordinance that would ban plastic shopping bags and put a $.05 charge on each paper shopping bag. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
    Group seeks Duluth ban on plastic shopping bags
    DULUTH, Minn.—The global effort to stop plastic shopping bags from lining roadside ditches, choking waterways and filling landfills will...
    NewsJanuary 5, 2017 - 11:09pm
    December 16, 2016
    A Christmas tree ornament from Knick Knack Paddy Whacks in East Grand Forks is a perfect gift for a teacher. (Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald)
    Wrap it up: Tips will help last-minute shoppers get gifts under the tree on time
    You may not have noticed—and we don't want to startle you— but Christmas is next weekend. If you don't have all of your Christmas...
    accentDecember 16, 2016 - 4:13pm
    December 15, 2016
    West Acres is seen Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Fargo.Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
    Would outlet mall help or hurt other F-M retailers?
    FARGO — In a brochure that developers of a proposed new outlet shopping center here sends to prospective tenants, West Acres Mall is featured...
    NewsDecember 15, 2016 - 7:34pm
    November 25, 2016
    Store employee helps a customer with his purchase during the Black Friday sales event on Thanksgiving Day at Target in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 24, 2016. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
    Stores far from overwhelmed as Black Friday sales begin
    Crowds were thin at U.S. malls and stores on Black Friday morning, formerly the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, with stores...
    NewsNovember 25, 2016 - 11:52am
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