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At some Neiman Marcus stores nationwide, dressing rooms are equipped with digital “memory mirrors” that can record an eight-second video of shoppers when they try on clothing. It’s not for security purposes. Shoppers can get a 360-degree view of the ...

Wells Fargo Bank is initiating another round of staff reductions, but it is not clear yet where they will be and to what degree they will affect Idaho. “The company expects headcount to decline by approximately 5 to 10 percent ...

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Although the economy is strong and consumers are optimistic, many small business owners are holding fast to their cautious approach to expansion. The government’s latest estimate of second-quarter economic growth, released earlier this month, showed that the gross domestic product ...

Boise will be the second western outpost for Atlanta-based Workout Anytime, which has 150 fitness centers in 18 states – but currently only one west of Texas and Kansas in Beaverton, Oregon. Boise franchisee Chris Gately plans to spread Workout ...

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In an effort to support its home in the Magic Valley, the Chobani Foundation announced Wednesday that it plans to donate $100,000 per year for 10 years, money that will go to grants for ideas that promote entrepreneurship and economic opportunity. ...

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The Wisconsin billionaire owner of downtown Boise’s BoDo is now also the owner of the Chicago-style Jefferson Place office building at Ninth and Jefferson streets. The five-story, brick structure built in 1914 was acquired June 9 by Hendricks Commercial Properties ...

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Idaho credit unions are among the most successful in the country, according to second-quarter results from the National Credit Union Association and analysis from the Northwest Credit Union Association. Idaho scored the highest in the nation in median annual asset ...

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The Salvation Army’s sale of its 1928 Booth Marian Pritchett School property on the North End closed on Sept. 28 for $2 million after a prolonged approval process, the Salvation Army reported. Even under new ownership, the Salvation Army’s School ...

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Economics is traditionally known as the “dismal science,” and a series of economists have proved it in recent weeks by reminding Idahoans that, while things are mostly going well now, the economy is cyclical and a recession is likely at ...

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Woodland Kids in early September leased the final 12,000-square-foot space to fill up the former Kmart building on Fairview Avenue in western Boise. Kmart, which occupied the space since it was built in 1976 at what was then the western ...

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