Economic incentives to build RadioShack HQ in Fort Worth will be lost in sale to Tarrant County College
The total amount of tax breaks has yet to be calculated.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Retail
Retail
Galleria Dallas offers in-house credit card and celebrates new store openings
Get a Galleria Dallas credit card and you can cut out the banks and other middle-men entirely.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Starbucks releases full list of 600 store closures, including 29 in Dallas-Fort Worth area
The suspense is over, we can all move on with our lives.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
New smoothie drinks coming to Dallas-area Starbucks on Tuesday July 15
There'll be two flavors, banana-chocolate and orange-mango.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Kimbell Art Museum opening shop in Omni Fort Worth Hotel
Shop will open in downtown Fort Worth in January 2009.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Dallas-based Alliance Data signs Multi-Year contract with New York & Company
Alliance has been working with the company since 1996.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Rumored locations of specific Starbucks closing in Dallas area are surfacing
Of course, we could just wait until the actual store closings are announced, but then we wouldn't be kneejerk media puppets, so here's some speculated locations, have a ball.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Dallas-based 7-Eleven to give away slurpees on 7-11
It's the chain's 81st birthday.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Colorado-based Sunflower Farmers Market opening branch on Henderson Avenue in East Dallas
This should help ease the pain of the soon-departed Whole Foods for Lower Greenville residents.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas ruminates on chanterelles
He used to pick them as a child in New Orleans.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Dillard’s next up in Valley View Center exodus
The department store joins Macy's, which closed in March, as the latest store to close at the once-venerable mall.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
New Lowe’s at former Richardson Square Mall site signals decline of indoor malls
Richardson Square Mall flourished when it was first built, but outdoor malls such as Firewheel Town Center have come into favor in recent years.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Dallas’ Current Energy store full of green options
Current has anything from those cool Dairy Queen-esque twisty light bulbs to the ultimate in Super Toilets.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Dallas-based Luke’s Locker serves local athletes
Founded over 20 years ago, the local and family owned Luke's Locker remains an institution for Dallas athletes.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Grand Prairie farmers’ market at new location
Fresh fruits and vegetables are for sale Thursday and Saturday mornings at City Hall Plaza.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Dallas-based Arm Hole offers custom t-shirts
The East-Dallas-gone-West-Village storefront has been shuttered for a few months, you can still score shirts online.
Monday, June 16, 2008
St. Bernard offers variety of summer styles, winter equipment
Dreaming of the freezing winter weather on the slopes? St. Bernard's can help.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
UPDATE: Fort Worth-based Pier 1 buyout offer rejected by California-based Cost Plus/World Markets
They both sell baskets. But Cost Plus/World Market sells wine and coffee. Pier 1 does not.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas gets figgy
Spiceman has figs and he ain't talking about no crummy fig Newton.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Dallas-based FedEx Kinko’s getting name changed to FedEx Office
I suppose you're going to tell me that punk rock is dead, too.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
West End’s Wild Bill’s Western Store is Dallas landmark
Dewbre planned his store so as to create an atmosphere of warmth and friendliness wherein customers will feel that they're at a best friend's house.
Monday, June 2, 2008
New product Wednesday, in Dallas stores: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese crackers
Kraft spins off its well known pasta dish into a whole other food group.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas ordering another 55-gallon drum of olive oil
Dallas shoppers drained him of his first 55 gallons.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Kimberly-Clark Corporation raises consumer products prices
Affected products will raise 6 to 8 percent in price.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Plano-based JCPenney cuts back slightly on store openings for 2008
On account of the stinky economy.
Monday, May 19, 2008
NorthPark Center ejects Dallas media from mall after shooting on Friday
Is it censorship for the mall to restrict the press from reporting on crime there?
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Dallas collector Bucks Burnett hosting memorabilia sale on Sunday May 18
Idol Records will have a booth at the event, with some special deals including some cool rare and autographed items.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Whole Foods Market releases renderings of new store in Lakewood
Store is scheduled to open in January 2009.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas loves the legumes
The Spiceman finds a word that rhymes with spectacular, which is no small feat.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday Morning Corporation appoints Starlette Johnson to Board of Directors
Johnson previously served as COO of Dave and Busters.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Neiman Marcus Last Call signs on as first anchor at Prime Outlets in Grand Prairie
Interested shoppers will no longer have to drive to Grapevine to buy marked-down overpriced designer goods.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Dallas-based ACS wins multi-year contract extension with Nike
The extension is for another five years.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
RadioShack offers discount on purchases made with federal stimulus check or IRS refund
RadioShack cannot wait to help you squander your entire federal stimulus on radios, GPS devices, and other tech gear you didn't think you needed.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Grapevine-based GameStop to host Grand Theft Auto IV launch events nationwide
Check your local Gamestop for times.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas has a line on free-range chicken eggs
The Spiceman also offers up one of his trademark poems, this one to sea beans.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Camp Bowie Crawl coming to Fort Worth
Nearly 40 retail shops, service providers and dining and entertainment establishments will offer discounts and incentives to patrons April 24-26.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Coppell-based Mannatech launches business in South Africa
South Africa is the 11th country Mannatech has expanded to.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Dallas-based 7-Eleven offers behind-the-scenes tour to few media outlets
Pegasus News was one, along with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, D Magazine, Fox 4, and the Dallas Morning News, who inexplicably declined.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Plano-based JCPenney turns to middle-class teens to revive sales
New brands include the one launched by um "TV personality" Kimora Lee Simmons.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Fort Worth-based Calloway’s Nursery to close four San Antonio stores
Founded in 1986, Calloway's currently owns and operates 16 stores in Dallas/Fort Worth.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
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