After shoppers gave retailers a somewhat encouraging start to the holiday shopping season, stores now turn their attention
to the online promotions known as Cyber Monday and bringing back customers the rest of the season.
National Wine & Spirits Inc. suffered a staggering reversal of fortune when the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
ruled Nov. 5 that Southern Wine
& Spirits of America Inc. could distribute here.
Cafe Patachou owner Martha Hoover can now move forward with plans to open a pizzeria next to her trademark eatery at 49th
and Pennsylvania streets.
Shoe Carnival Inc.’s quarterly same-store sales, which measure revenue from locations open at least a year, climbed 10.2 percent.
Airport concessionaires stung by a 10-percent drop in passenger traffic have asked the Indianapolis Airport Authority to ease
a policy that was implemented more than 10 years ago to keep prices in line with what consumers pay outside
the airport.
Retail sales rose more than expected in October due largely to a big rebound in auto sales. But broader consumer spending
remains under pressure.
Recent earnings reports from major retailers suggest that the wealthy, who pulled back their spending the hardest during the
financial meltdown last fall, are once again being enticed to open their wallets and going back to higher-end outlets. But
those on the lower economic rungs are still scrimping by, heading to Walmart for the basics.
Those in the trenches say this won’t be a blockbuster Christmas, but it won’t be horrid, either.
Two key employees of the recently closed store in downtown Bloomington have opened their own venture,
Melody Music Shop.
Consumers, enticed by cooler weather, early holiday discounts and an improving economy, spent a little more in October.
HHGregg reported a rise in quarterly profit and sales Thursday morning that exceeded analyst expectations, despite a decrease
in same-store sales.
Locally based Hat World Inc. has agreed to acquire a popular 37-store athletic retail chain in hopes of doing for collegiate
and professional sports licensed apparel what Hat World did for headwear.
Like zombies coming to life in a low-budget horror flick, the Halloween specialty shops that invade empty store fronts are
groaning with activity.
An Indiana legislative committee recommends carryout sales of alcohol remain banned on Sundays, and liquor stores stay the
only place to buy cold beer.
The Metropolitan Development Commission has given its blessing to a new CVS store along 82nd Street just east of Interstate
69 over the objection of city planners.
The O’Malia’s Food Market near 56th Street and Emerson Avenue will close for good this weekend after a 33-year run.
An Indiana State Excise Police initiative that uses underage customers to catch retailers selling alcohol to people under
age 21 netted more than 370 violations across Indiana in only three months.
A new eye-grabbing advertising design in The Indianapolis Star has some wondering where ad content stops and news
content begins.
Early September reports from retailers show sales are still falling for many amid worries about jobs and tight credit, but
many of the results came in better than expected.
Cabela’s is selling the land on which it had planned to build a store in Greenwood.
