Retail

Marijuana retailers in Spokane grapple with pricing

Customers start to roll in; banking issues remain

October 23, 2014

As the recreational marijuana industry slowly rolls out throughout Washington state, retailers here are reporting modest initial sales. However, several challenges remain. As of Oct. 21, Spokane County has 55 approved marijuana producers, 39 approved

Pilgrim's Market renovates, reopens with new bakery in Coeur d'Alene

Company looks to expand its wholesale operations

October 9, 2014

Katie Ross

Coeur d'Alene natural foods and health store Pilgrim's Market has completed a $300,000 renovation of a 2,000-square-foot commissary kitchen and bakery, says owner Joe Hamilton. The market, located in about 25,000 square feet of retail space at 1316

Prairie Dog Pet Mercantile: Happy, holistic pets

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October 9, 2014

Katie Ross

Amy Barker, co-owner of South Hill pet-supply shop Prairie Dog Pet Mercantile, has a house full of dogs and cats, including some very young ones-but she's not complaining. 'Our house is a zoo right now,â€ she laughs. Barker and her husband and

Buffalo Wild Wings might build at NorthTown

Big sports bar, restaurant eyes site along Queen

October 9, 2014

Mike McLean

Buffalo Wild Wings, a national chicken-wing restaurant and sports bar chain, plans to open its third Spokane-area outlet in the NorthTown Mall, predevelopment documents on file with the city of Spokane show. The restaurant would face Queen Avenue, on the

Rite Aid resuscitates plan for new North Side outlet

Stand-alone unit to be built at Franklin Park Commons

October 9, 2014

Mike McLean

Rite Aid Corp., the Camp Hill, Pa.-based pharmacy and retail store chain, has submitted a building permit application to construct a stand-alone store on the north end of the Franklin Park Commons shopping center, where it would move an existing outlet fr

Celeste Shaw: Business from the heart

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September 25, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Celeste Shaw spent much of her childhood on a farm near Wolf Point, a tiny town in northeastern Montana. From an early age, she says, she was torn between being out with the cowboys where the action was, and being inside with the women, whose job it was t

Method Juice CafÃ© squeezes out a niche

Downtown restaurant seeks out sustainable ingredients, supplies

September 11, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Tyler Lafferty and Nick Murto, arguably two of Spokane's busiest entrepreneurs, are intensely passionate about socially responsible business practices as well as sustainability and good health, a few reasons they opened Method Juice CafÃ© two years ago

Farm-to-table food vendors find growing demand

Options include online ordering, subscriptions

August 28, 2014

Judith Spitzer

The so-called farm-to-table food movement seems to have taken hold across the country as well as here in Spokane. Plentiful fresh local produce and other food can be purchased from a number of neighborhood farmers' markets, and served the same night. Bu

Lithia Motors said it had best quarter in its history

Oregon-based company owns four dealerships here

July 31, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Reflecting the recent strength of the auto industry nationally, Medford, Ore.-based Lithia Motors, Inc., which operates four dealerships in the greater Spokane area, says it had the highest adjusted net income in its history in the second quarter. It rep

New Target draws retail focus to South Hill

Regal Plaza to account for more than 300 jobs

July 31, 2014

Mike McLean

The recently opened and already busy Target retail store at the Regal Plaza shopping center reflects the demand for new retail development on the South Hill, says prominent Spokane real estate developer Dave Black, who also notes that it took more than a