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

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

Josh Hawley, co-owner of Hawley's Homebred Reptiles LLC, Spokane Valley's newest retailer of exotic lizards and snakes, has known since he was a young boy that he wanted to run a critter store. After selling homebred reptiles online for 10 years, Jos

There's a six-block area in Spokane where you can shop for a cool vintage guitar, enroll in a pottery class, learn how to play the mandolin, take in a night of improv comedy or a classic movie, discover chalk painting and learn how to make a quilt. Itï

Retailers here are predicting sales growth in 2015, as the economy and consumer confidence continue to improve.

The National Retail Federation is predicting holiday sales will increase by 4.1 percent this year to $616.9 billion, marking the first time since 2011 the organization has predicted a rise of more than 4 percent. Here, retailers are echoing the NRF's pr