Preliminary sales trends from Small Business Saturday show a continuing increase in purchases via smartphone, even among shoppers patronizing local merchants. According to the Associated Press, Adobe Analytics said purchase via smartphone made up over

The Spokane City Council was wise to delay action on its residential tenancies code, a sweeping proposed measure intended to provide more protections for renters while hoisting new fees and obligations onto landlords.

Stillano Gelato, a frozen Italian dessert store, has plans to open starting New Year's Day at 217 E. Sherman, in Coeur d' Alene. Stillano Gelato owner Kathryn Stillert couldn't be reached immediately for comment.

Canopy Credit Union will open a 1,200-square-foot Ladder Coffee Roasters store this month in its Spokane Valley branch, at 13105 E. Sprague. Canopy opened the 3,600-square-foot branch in September with an open floor plan and room for an eventual partner.

When you move to Spokane from Fort Worth, Texas it's only fitting to bring a little taste of home to the saloon you plan to open.

Patrick McLaughlin, the former food and beverage manager at the Davenport Hotel, says he's developing what is scheduled to be the Magnolia American Brasserie restaurant on the first floor of Hotel Indigo, in downtown Spokane.

Cheney City Council has approved a contract with Liberty Lake-based telecommunications provider Ptera Inc. that will allow the city government to lease inactive fiber-optic lines to the company in exchange for broadband service.

A Northern California-based commercial office furniture dealership has purchased a competitor with offices in Spokane and Seattle. One Workplace, of Santa Clara, California, has acquired OpenSquare at 126 S. Sheridan in Spokane, and OpenSquare's

Spokane-based Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. is expanding its reach geographically with the planned opening this weekend of a grocery store in the burgeoning city of Ridgefield, just north of Vancouver, Washington.

Spokane Valley-based short-term rental company Stay Alfred Inc. has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Chicago-based hospitality brand Dormigo.