RadioShack closing 1,100 stores as troubles grow
The closures represent just the latest setback for RadioShack, which has been struggling to update its image and compete with the rise of online retailers in recent years.
View ArticleOffice retailer Staples plans to shut down 225 stores
Staples Inc., the largest U.S. office-supplies retail chain, will close as many as 12 percent of its North American stores and cut as much as $500 million in costs as online competition continues to...
View ArticleNew grocery chain plans three local stores
Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a Phoenix-based specialty grocery startup that plans to open its first eight stores this year, has decided on three locations in Indianapolis.
View ArticleFormer HHGregg COO hired to lead bicycle retailer
BikeStreet announced Monday that it has hired Gregg W. Throgmartin as its CEO, the same day as his departure from HHGregg became official.
View ArticleFinish Line increases stake in running division
The Indianapolis-based athletics retailer bought a larger share in the Running Specialty Group, a chain that operates 49 stores in 11 states.
View ArticleRoberts leaving downtown location as part of $2.5M expansion
The retailer of photo, video and electronics equipment will move from 255 S. Meridian St. to larger downtown space at 220 E. St. Clair St. Roberts plans to add 35 workers by 2018.
View ArticleConvenience stores remount challenge to cold-beer laws
Convenience stores in Indiana are appealing a decision from a federal judge in June that continued to prohibit them from selling cold beer.
View ArticleMemories, recipes all that remain of Indy bakery chain
There were 34 Roselyn stores in Marion and the surrounding counties before the business was closed 15 years ago following revelations of insect and rodent infestation at its production bakery.
View ArticleAntiques shop liquidation expected to draw big crowd
Red Ribbon Antiques, which opened its doors on Main Street in 1989, will open them one final time Sept. 6 to liquidate the inventory Gloria Holloway established over her 25-year business career.
View ArticleMerchandise seized from Indianapolis flea market
Cpl. Brandon Thomas said excise officers had a search warrant for the Liberty Bell Carpet & Flea Market on the city's east side when they seized the items Sunday.
View ArticleSt. Louis furniture retailer plans expansion into Indy
Weekends Only Furniture Outlet, which has five stores in the St. Louis area, plans to make its first expansion outside of its home market by opening a 92,000-square-foot store in Castleton.
View ArticleUPDATE: Prominent jeweler’s $4M inventory up for auction
The inventory of Aronstam Fine Jewelers, located at Keystone at the Crossing, will be auctioned to help satisfy creditor debt.
View ArticleTeen retailers get the cold shoulder for holidays
Teen retailers are facing ho-hum results at a time when overall U.S. retail sales are up 5.1 percent over the past 12 months, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
View ArticleMall retailer Deb Shops facing possible closure
Deb Shops, a woman's clothing retailer with stores in three area malls, has filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years and could close its stores.
View ArticleAmazon, Sprint eye stores that RadioShack might exit
On the edge of bankruptcy, RadioShack is moving toward a deal to sell a large portion of its 4,000-plus U.S. stores and close the rest, sources said.
View ArticleStaples agrees to buy Office Depot for about $6.3 billion
Staples Inc. plans to acquire Office Depot Inc. in a deal that will reduce the U.S. office-supply industry to a single major chain and test the limits of antitrust regulators.
View ArticleAnother clothing retailer files for bankruptcy
Cache Inc., which has a store in the Fashion Mall at Keystone, has filed for Chapter 11 protection and might liquidate its inventory. Simon Property Group is the retailer's largest creditor.
View ArticleZionsville shop's niche draws orders from antiquers worldwide
In July, Tiffany Turner and her husband, Steve Young, bought Kennedy Hardware, a three-decade-old enterprise that's a superstar in its sales niche—supplying highly specialized bits of hardware for...
View ArticleMaker-space movement touches down in Indy
The corner of Brookside Avenue and 10th Street, just off Massachusetts Avenue, could soon be the center of what city planners hope is a model to address industrial blight.
View ArticleWestfield rolls out stricter reporting rules for resale shops
The Westfield City Council approved an ordinance Monday night that requires secondhand stores, pawn shops and metal dealers to report transactions within 24 hours to an online database.
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