Plano-based JCPenney launches solar and wind power projects
ENERGY STAR® certification is planned for 200 stores.
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
Retail
Retail
New product Wednesday, in Dallas-area stores: M&M’s Premiums
They're annoying for all sorts of reasons, not the least of which is that they make you want to buy them.
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
Dallas-based Paciugo Gelato featured on Food Network’s Unwrapped
See owner Cristiana Ginatta make gelato by hand!
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008
Grapevine-based GameStop to host “Madden Mania” events nationwide
The launch events celebrate 20 years of Madden.
Monday, Aug. 11, 2008
New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Dreyer’s Limited Edition Coconut Pineapple
The title says nothing about "ice cream," and that's no mistake.
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008
Plano-based JC Penney launches quirkily-named workout clothing line called Xersion
Xersion is a catchy alternative for the word "exertion".
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008
Plano store features Southwestern styles, accessories
Located in the Shops at Legacy, Subtly Southwest sells southwestern-styled accessories for men and women.
Monday, Aug. 4, 2008
Baskin-Robbins hopes to open 50+ new stores in Fort Worth area
Currently, Baskin-Robbins operates more than 20 locations in and around Dallas-Fort Worth and more than 90 stores across Texas.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Black Velvet apricots
It's a cross between an apricot and a plum, with a downy, deep-purple skin and a name that speaks to you from across the produce aisle.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Milwaukee Joe’s at Inwood Village in Dallas closed on Saturday July 26
The Southlake and Bedford locations will remain open.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Fort Worth-based Radio Shack going for the iCopy
The company’s pilot project may “replicate the look and feel” of Apple stores, and may include access to some wireless brands not carried by the company.
Monday, July 28, 2008
New Market Street opening in Frisco on August 27 to hire 300 people
The Frisco branch is the second of three new Market Street stores scheduled to open this year in the Dallas area.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Sprouts opens store in Richardson, another coming to Murphy in fall 2008
The new 30,816-square-foot market in Richardson is the anchor store of the Pavilion East Shopping Center in a former Albertsons.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Advocate installs webcam to track construction of new Whole Foods Market in Dallas’ Lakewood district
Also provides stalker-y window into activity on Abrams at Gaston -- assuming said Webcam does not crash your system.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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
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
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