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Posted January 31, 2024in Business Feature

The tournament boom

The Iowa High School Athletics Association (IHSAA) and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) bring in thousands of fans with their annual tournaments at Wells Fargo Arena each [...]

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Posted December 06, 2023in Business Feature

The business of pawn

Weekdays are typically quiet at A Quality Pawn and Jewelry at 1135 Army Post Road in Des Moines. The owner, Adrian Welch, says she only sees up to five customers [...]

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Posted September 06, 2023in Business Feature

Onboarding and retention

According to the Society for Human Resource Management, direct replacement costs of an employee are as high as 50-60% of that employee’s annual salary. Those are the costs associated with [...]

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Posted July 05, 2023in Business Feature

Combination businesses are on the rise

The bitterly cold winters and sultry summers of Iowa create work balance challenges for some business operators who do seasonal work. Other business owners see the natural connection in putting [...]

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Posted April 05, 2023in Business Feature, Business Journal

Shared workspaces

Maddy Fusco is a freelance illustrator in Des Moines. When she began her career, she primarily worked out of her home. However, as time went on, she needed some work-life [...]

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Posted March 01, 2023in Business Feature

Modern day treasure hunting

Customers line up outside the store on a warm Saturday morning in February. Seventy-nine tickets are handed out before the store even opens — tickets that determine the order of [...]

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Posted February 01, 2023in Business Feature

The Intern

The value of internships for both students and businesses “Internships play a key role in an individual’s career exploration. In addition to giving students the opportunity to dive headfirst into [...]

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Posted January 04, 2023in Business Feature, Business Journal

Be our guest — Iowa’s hotel industry is recovering from a pandemic and evolving for the future.

Those looking to reserve a hotel room can find just shy of 800 hotels in Iowa — and a lot of vacant rooms. Like many businesses, hotels suffered hard times [...]

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Posted November 30, 2022in Business Feature

The return of record shops

Mike Enloe may have been a struggling student at Drake University in 1975, but he kept an eye on the music industry. He decided to take a chance and open [...]

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Posted November 02, 2022in Business Feature

22 from 2022: Business people who made a difference

For the fourth year, CITYVIEW’s Business Journal recognizes the contributions of outstanding business leaders who have made a difference in their communities. The business world is ever-changing — as are [...]

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