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ST. PAUL -- Since long before the failed experiment that came to be known as Prohibition, commerce on Sunday in Minnesota was restricted. As our society grew up, we repealed these antiquated restrictions known as blue laws. Well, nearly all of the restrictions. The Land of 10,000...

Shopping mall operators need to increase security through more staff, cameras and other techniques in light of threats made against the Mall...

When Target's expansion into Canada failed, the company' decision to pull the plug created a financial ripple effect in Minnesota, and not just for the hundreds of people laid off last week at the Minneapolis headquarters. The retailer's Canadian division filed for bankruptcy...

Upon discovering using even the slightest bit of spray paint inside an apartment with the windows closed is a bad idea, I found myself in need of an air freshener. I didn’t think the dark spot on my bathroom shelf was that big of a deal, but my mother thought otherwise. To summarize,...

U.S. consumer spending barely rose in January as households cut back on purchases of a range of goods, suggesting the economy started the first...

A Fargo Democrat proposing a sales tax exemption on clothing accused a Republican committee chairman Wednesday of pushing an amendment to make the bill less likely to pass the full chamber.

A local investor group plans to convert the former Walmart in Devils Lake into City Plaza, a mall that contains an events center/hotel complex similar to a project that was part of a proposed sales tax increase that voters rejected in October. The group -- led by Reginal Herman,...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target is breaking with tradition, confirming Monday that most of the stores it opens this year will be smaller-format outlets, not traditional sprawling suburban-type stores. Eight of the 15 stores it opens in 2015 will be TargetExpress stores. That's...

WILLISTON, N.D. — Here's a phrase developer Terry Olin would like to erase from the Williston vernacular: “I’m going to Minot, do you want anything?” If Olin has his way, that phrase won't mean a thing in a few years. Olin is one of two principals with Stropiq...

Brianne Osowski wants to bring a bit of her experience as a model in New York City to Grand Forks. The owner of Curious, the gift shop on 32nd Avenue South, is opening a new store focused on women's clothing in downtown Grand Forks. She hopes to open the store, Curious Clothing,...

Getting rid of North Dakota’s sales tax on clothing would level the playing field between the state’s brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers, and clothing stores in bordering states, local retailers say.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Corp. is calling it quits in Canada. The Minneapolis-based retailer announced Thursday morning that it will shutter its 133 stores north of the border after a challenging two years with its first expansion outside the U.S. Its Canadian operations have been...

U.S. retail sales recorded their largest decline in 11 months in December as demand fell almost across the board, tempering expectations for a sharp acceleration in consumer spending in the fourth quarter.

That headache we are feeling as we see the mailperson dropping off bulging letters from credit card companies is called “doorbuster hangover.” The retailer’s Black Friday now becomes red January because we overdid it. All of the big lending folks are after us - Visa,...