Payless to Close Up to 400 Stores in Bankruptcy Filing
Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy protection and will shutter as many as 400 stores nationwide. Cedar Rapids and Coralville locations were spared, while Davenport and Carroll exits were planned. Online shopping and nearby malls offered alternatives for affected shoppers.
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Payless ShoeSource
Cedar Rapids
Coralville
Bargain Shoe Store
Iowa
Lindale Mall
Coral Ridge Mall
Payless
Kimberly Commons
Davenport
Citicentre Plaza
Carroll
Moline
Ill
Los Angeles Times
MCT
United States
Essary
Paul Jones
Topeka
Kan
American Apparel
Gordmans
Omaha
That Photo Book Girl turns love of photos into business
Cedar Rapids entrepreneur Shari O’Rourke, known as That Photo Book Girl, built a home-based business turning family photo books into keepsakes. She digitizes thousands of pictures, restores faded images, and creates retirement keepsakes, wedding albums, and year-in-review books for clients while sharing her passion for connecting generations through preserved memories.
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Edar Rapids
Shari O’rourke
O’rourke
Cedar Rapids
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Rockwell Collins to buy B E Aerospace for 64 billion
EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Cedar Rapids based Rockwell Collins bid for Wellington based B E Aerospace without conditions. The 6.4 billion deal expands Rockwell’s exposure to the aerospace aftermarket and broadens its seat galley lighting and lavatory offerings. Rockwell leads in avionics while B E supplies aircraft interiors.
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Brussels
Cedar Rapids
Kelly Ortberg
Rockwell Collins
the Gazette
Rockwell
Wellington
Fla
Pepsi Pulls Kendall Jenner Ad After Backlash
PepsiCo halted a controversial Kendall Jenner commercial after criticism that it trivialized protests in the United States. The company apologized saying it did not intend to make light of serious issues and would remove the content from rollout. The ad depicted Jenner joining a protest and offering a police officer a Pepsi.
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Dubuque
Waterloo
West Burlington
Marshalltown
Des Moines
United States
Puerto Rico
Payless
PepsiCo
Kendall Jenner
Jenner
Pepsi
Twitter
Ferguson
Baltimore
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