Retail

Small food businesses in West Central share space, ideas

Bakery, yogurt company owners band together

January 29, 2015

Mika Maloney and Karyna Hamilton, owners of Spokane small businesses Batch Bakeshop and Flora Yogurt Co., respectively, teamed up this month to share space and help promote each other and the Spokane small business community. Batch, which is located at

O'Reilly Auto Parts buys land for store in Spokane Valley

Auto parts retailer starts planning 15,300-square-foot store

January 29, 2015

Mike McLean

Springfield, Mo.-based O'Reilly Automotive Inc. plans to construct a new retail auto parts store in Spokane Valley, according to preliminary planning information on file with the city of Spokane Valley. A representative at the company's corporate off

Carpet Barn to open store in March on North Side

Newport Highway outlet will be couple's second

January 29, 2015

Katie Ross

Spokane carpet and flooring retailer and installer Carpet Barn is planning to open a second location in March in a 6,000-square-foot leased space at 10425 N. Newport Highway, in the Ashley Furniture building, says co-owner Dean Culp. Culp, who owns Carp

New Denny's, Jack in the Box restaurants planned on North Side

Radix plans to construct Denny's, Jack in the Box

January 15, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Radix Construction Inc., of Nampa, Idaho, will begin construction in June on two new restaurants on Spokane's North Side-a Denny's Restaurant and a Jack in the Box eatery, says John Day, an architect with Radix.

Canyon Creek Cabinets remodels Spokane Valley showroom

Displays are replaced; sales offices revamped

January 15, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Monroe, Wash.-based Canyon Creek Cabinet Co. is ready to show off its retail sales showroom in Spokane Valley at 10221 E. Montgomery Drive, after a complete remodel, says Doug McIalwain, showroom manager.

Diabetic-friendly food store to open in Spokane Valley

Not So Sweet will carry array of sugar-free items

January 15, 2015

Mike McLean

Not So Sweet, a new diabetic-friendly grocery store, will debut this winter in Spokane Valley, says Michael Hall, the store owner. Hall has leased a 3,100-square-foot, single-story building at 302 S. Pines Road that formerly was occupied by Labor Ready a

Buffalo Girls Vintage: Salvaged beauty

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January 15, 2015

Katie Ross

Spokane salvaged jewelry and home decor creators Tamra Brannon and Ginger Lyons, co-owners of Airway Heights boutique Buffalo Girls Vintage LLC, are preparing to roam to greener pastures as their business expands. 'We're moving into a big house,â€

Plunging fuel prices boost economy somewhat

Lower- to middle-income consumers said benefiting most

January 15, 2015

Katie Ross

As the price of gasoline continues to fall in Spokane and throughout the U.S., consumers here are finding that they have more money to spend on other household needs, and businesses are seeing benefits as well. Some observers suggest, however, that the we

Ace Hardware acquires Jensen Distribution

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January 5, 2015

Staff Report

Jensen Distribution Services, a 131-year-old, Spokane-based wholesale hardware distributor, has sold its assets to Oak Brook, Ill.-based cooperative Ace Hardware Corp. Founded in 1883, Jensen Distribution has about $150 million in annual revenue and se

Etailz is moving its general store, adding brand shops

Wollnick's, Vault, Coy Beauty to be downtown

December 18, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane online retailer etailz Inc. is relocating its Wollnick's General Store in January, as well as bringing two of its other online brands, Coy Beauty and electronics retailer Vault, to brick-and-mortar locations, says Wollnick's manager Tracy Stou