Downtown crowds are thin this year amid a pandemic that’s putting a crimp in sales for pop-up businesses, which normally count on throngs of fans to attend games and stop in for souvenirs to or from the game.
When the pandemic hit one year ago, Sun King almost immediately lost some 40% of its business, the result of restaurants and bars that shuttered and stopped buying beer in kegs.
The pandemic has been tough on restaurants almost across the board. And so it’s no wonder that the Indianapolis City Market has lost a third of its vendors in the last year.
Erynn and Elyse Petruzzi—whose father, Dean Petruzzi, started and sold several Indianapolis-based battery companies with his brothers in the late 1990s and early 2000s—started Something Splendid as a side hustle two years ago. Now it’s much more.
The trustee liquidating the grocery chain this month asked the court to close the case, saying he had wrapped up the process of selling off assets and turning proceeds over to creditors.
Bastian Solutions, which makes conveyor systems, robotics and other automated materials-handling items often used by the retail industry, has seen growth accelerate because of the pandemic.
Founded by a local bodybuilder, American Muscle Factory is expected to open in August in a long-vacant, 23,000-square-foot retail space in the Greenwood Place shopping center.
The chain will begin selling eight new store brands this year. The new brands were announced Wednesday by CEO Mark Tritton, who was hired in late 2019 from Target, where he did much the same thing as chief merchandising officer.
The starting wage scale puts Costco above competitors, including Amazon, Target and Best Buy, which have $15 minimum wages.
These sparkly framed art pieces would be the perfect thing to tuck into a bookcase amid some family collectables or add to a gallery wall for that little something extra.
The North Carolina-based retail chain opened its Circle Centre location in late 2019. The company’s other area stores will remain open.
Founders Grounds Coffee Co. will sell the Rex Coffee brand that was founded more than 100 years ago by the Hulman family’s patriarch, Herman Hulman.
Carmel-based Heartland Consumer Products says Speedway offers knockoff sweetener in packets that are too similar to Splenda’s packaging, which could confuse customers.
The three owners of 4-year-old Witch Hazel say it needs more room to accommodate growth, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.
Indianapolis-based Simon said it lost about 20% of its total shopping days last year at its U.S. malls because of government-mandated shutdowns related to the pandemic.
Local restaurateur Terry Anthony said his goal is lure people back downtown and attract repeat customers. The Block opens Sunday in the historic Block Building.
This Art Deco-inspired two-tiered brass cart features a mango wooden top and a built-in ice bucket.
Indianapolis-based owners David Brown, a chef, and Adam Belt, a commercial pilot, are gearing up to open their fast-casual soul food concept in a space that formerly housed a Dunkin’ Donuts.
Green District plans to take over the space on the southwest corner of Monument Circle that was previously occupied by Au Bon Pain.
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has pledged $8 million in conditional tax credits to San Francisco-based Stitch Fix, based on its hiring plans.
