Van Ausdall & Farrar got its start when innovator Thomas Edison selected it as an Ediphone distributor. Since then, the company has been proud of its association with the American icon, and now Van Ausdall has its own in-house Voice Museum to pay homage to its history.
An early-Tuesday blaze destroyed the Fountain Square restaurant that Taki Sawi opened in 2001. Fire officials estimate damage between $800,000 and $900,000.
Finish Line is testing touch-screen customization kiosks at its Greenwood Park Mall store. The kiosks, which look like oversize iPads, produce an individualized Nike T-shirt in about 15 minutes.
The parent company of Steak n Shake restaurants has scaled back a controversial pay package for its CEO in hopes of securing shareholder approval of the plan at a rescheduled special meeting.
Locally based MainGate is testing the new NFL merchandise sales technique in Minnesota. Indianapolis could be next.
Indianapolis-based The Finish Line Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose as it rebounded from a messy quarter a year earlier after the athletic shoe retailer sold its unsuccessful Man Alive hip-hop stores.
Five Popeyes restaurants in Indianapolis owned by one franchisee close down, as does downtown eatery Taste of Tango.
Purchases increased 0.4 percent, following a 0.3-percent gain in July. Seventeen tax-free holidays in August probably drew more shoppers to malls, where discounts were deeper than those in July.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said on Friday that it expects to complete the acquisition of a dozen Indianapolis stores this month. Couche-Tard is the largest independent convenience store operator in North America.
Kite Realty Group Trust has landed Goodwill, Dollar Tree and Mexico City Grill for a renovation of its Fishers Station shopping center.
Kite Realty Group Trust has landed Goodwill, Dollar Tree and Mexico City Grill for a renovation of its Fishers Station shopping center at the northeast corner of 116th Street and Allisonville Road in Fishers.
The purchase of Anaconda Sports helps Hat World to grow its LIDS Team Sports division, created to expand the Indianapolis-based company’s reach beyond hat retailing.
Owners of Edwards Drive In and Bub’s Burgers & Ice Cream say they’ve experienced a large uptick in business after being featured last month on the Travel Channel’s popular “Man v. Food” show. Now Indianapolis’ Flying Cupcake and West Coast Tacos are hoping for their time in the spotlight, too.
Simon Property Group Inc. said retailers
leasing space in its malls have managed to weather the economic downturn and are already eyeing recovery plans for when the
economy improves.
Environmental and zoning issues had made the property at the southwest corner of Keystone Avenue and Kessler Boulevard difficult
to sell.
Aviv Arlon Global Ltd. pays $52 million for shopping center, which was in court-appointed receivership. Former real estate firm Premier
Properties USA Inc. developed Metropolis, with an investment of $160 million.
Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers sometimes stretches the definition of “funeral” to stay relevant after nearly
130 years. The family-owned business began downtown and has grown northward along with the city’s population. Today,
it has 14 funeral centers and conducted 2,200 funerals last year.
Sales of toning footwear helped the Evansville-based company post record earnings in its fiscal second quarter.
Despite controversy over whether they live up to their hype, so-called toning shoes—a category created from thin air
just a few years ago—are flying off store shelves nationwide and are on pace to ring up almost $1 billion in revenue
this year.
A new restaurant near Lucas Oil Stadium is among several new or relocated retailers around the city.
