The Cincinnati-based supermarket operator—the No. 1 grocery player in the Indianapolis area— said Friday it was hurt by falling prices of eggs, meats and other products, forcing it to lower its earnings guidance for the year.
The retailer announced that it has acquired a 937,000-square-foot distribution center in Plainfield where it hopes to hire 900 employees by early 2020.
A consortium led by Indianapolis-based mall giant Simon Property Group Inc. and rival General Growth Properties Inc. has won an auction for the assets of Aeropostale Inc., with a plan to keep open at least 229 of the bankrupt teen retailer’s stores.
Diners are choosing among more options—and often favoring independent restaurants to chains.
Shares in Genesco Inc.—parent of Zionsville-based Lids Sports Group—dropped almost 30 percent Thursday after the company reported lower-than-expected sales in the second quarter and downgraded its full-year outlook.
Lawyers for an Indianapolis gun store sued for making an illegal straw sale of a firearm that was used to shoot an Indianapolis police officer argued Wednesday that Indiana gun sellers are shielded from civil lawsuits even when they break the law.
Without the rescue, it appears the teen fashion retailer’s remaining stores are heading for liquidation, an event that will put about 10,000 people out of work. Aeropostale has five Indianapolis-area stores.
The work is all part of a long-term university plan that includes more than $130 million in new construction.
Some banks have been closing their mini-branches in stores, but PNC Financial Services is applying the trend toward automated transactions to its new location in Carmel’s Market District Supermarket.
J.C. Penney Co. is in a surprising position more than four years after it was almost run aground by a former CEO: It could be the last department store standing at your local mall.
The court decision found the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission was “arbitrary and capricious” in its 2014 decision to deny the wholesale liquor permit application of Spirited Sales, an affiliate of Monarch Beverage Co. It also takes the Pence and Daniels gubernatorial administrations to task for intervening in the case.
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Sears Holdings Corp., which operates about 80 stores in Indiana, is once again lining up financing after losing more than $9 billion in recent years.
Dennis May, who left HHGregg Inc. in February after nearly seven years as CEO of the retail chain, has a taken a new job at a health care company that has plans for regional growth.
With the new location, fast-growing Fresh Thyme will have 46 stores operating in the Midwest since launching in 2012.
The Indy area’s largest florist has completed moving its headquarters and distribution operations from Fishers to an area near downtown in need of revitalization.
The merger will create a group called Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana that will cover 39 counties ranging from north-central Indiana to the Ohio River.
One day after retailer Home Depot reported record earnings that signaled an improving U.S. housing market, competitor Lowe’s reported weak sales growth and cut its profit expectations for the year.
The dour outlook renews concern that the retail economy is sliding into a deeper funk.
Indiana-based franchisor Ben’s Soft Pretzels LLC announced Tuesday that it was seeking franchisees to open 25 locations in the Indianapolis area by 2021.
The sporting goods chain with eight area stores saw its stock rise as much as 10 percent Tuesday morning. The retailer is benefiting from the demise of its biggest rival.
