Gun shop owner, pitchman Don Davis dies at 82
Don Davis, one of the nation's most prolific gun dealers and a late-night TV commercial icon in Indianapolis, died Thursday
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Increasingly digital retail landscape fuels investor angst
Retailers are updating software, revamping supply chains to provide seamless service to consumers, whether they’re shopping from a desktop, a mobile device, a telephone or visiting a store.
Young & Laramore fetches national retail ad account
Pet Supplies Plus has hired Indianapolis-based ad agency Young & Laramore to help it take a bite out of competitors Petco and PetSmart.
Longtime Lids Sports Group President Kocher steps down
Zionsville-based hat retailer Lids Sports Group is seeking a new leader after the resignation of Kenneth Kocher, who ran the company for more than a decade.
Mass Ave farm-to-table pioneer R bistro to close
Feb. 27 will be the last day of business for the restaurant founded by chef Regina Mehallick that helped fuel Indianapolis’ homegrown eatery boom.
HHGregg reports 11 percent drop in quarterly sales
Sales were down again, as expected, but the electronics and appliance retailer saw a smaller loss in the latest quarter thanks to cost savings.
Tex-Mex restaurant coming to Indiana Avenue
Corner Cantina is set to open Thursday in the Indiana Avenue building last occupied by New Orleans on the Avenue.
UPDATE: Abercrombie & Fitch closes most Indiana stores as sales drag
Struggling retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has closed four of its five stores in Indiana, including Indianapolis locations at Circle Centre and the Fashion Mall at Keystone.
Johnny Rockets closes restaurant in Circle Centre mall
The burger joint served its last customers on Sunday in the mall’s food court, joining a growing list of tenants departing the mall’s third floor.
Crowded by Mass Ave, Chatham Arch exploring permit parking
A surge of activity in the Mass Ave area is spilling over into the historic neighborhood that’s now considering whether to restrict parking on its streets.
Longtime downtown tobacco shop closes
A sign in the window of Hardwicke’s Pipe & Tobacco off of Monument Circle instructs patrons to visit its Broad Ripple store, which remains open.
Lids co-founder leaving as part of sale of sports-uniform division
Scott Molander, who launched the chain as Hat World with a single store in Tippecanoe Mall in Lafayette in 1995, is joining the Tennessee-based company that's buying Lids' sports-uniform business.
Lawmaker proposes reforms in how big-box stores are assessed
Indiana lawmakers are making another attempt to settle a dispute between county assessors and retail stores over how to determine the value of newer big-box stores.
Marsh says it will upgrade nearly half its stores in 2016
The Fishers-based grocery chain did not say how much it would spend to "remodel and upgrade" 30 of its 73 stores.
Max & Erma’s closures include one local restaurant
Restaurant chain Max & Erma's has closed 13 Midwest locations, including one in the Indianapolis area, in an effort to streamline operations and deal with underperforming outlets.
Topgolf entertainment venue to open on 116th Street in Fishers
The three-level, 65,000-square-foot location—the company’s first in Indiana—would offer competitive golfing games in addition to food, alcohol and other entertainment options.
Court decision paves way for Enzo Pizza vs. City Market trial
A Marion Superior Court judge declined to dismiss Enzo’s lawsuit against its former landlord. The pizzeria claimed it was unfairly ousted from its longtime location in the market’s east wing.
Wal-Mart to close 269 stores amid increasing competition
Of the 154 stores being closed in the U.S., 102 will be in its Walmart Express category, which has been in a pilot program since 2011. About 10,000 U.S. employees will be affected.
Resurgence of vinyl gives record stores new life
A number of local music stores are reporting dramatic sales growth in vinyl records, in both 7- and 12-inch format. For you old-timers, that’s 45s and 33s. A few 78s also are for sale.
HHGregg’s top shareholder may be poised to sell chain
Freeman Spogli & Co. has been invested in the Indianapolis retailer for a decade, which is bordering on an eternity by private equity standards.