Spokane Valley design consultant Susan Usai has years of retail experience working with homeowners to improve the furnishings and look of their residences, so finally getting to operate her own furnishings store was like a dream come true, she says. She

A broadcast media company and a pair of Spokane commercial real estate brokers are teaming up to develop a retail center on 17 acres of land on the upper South Hill. Carl Guenzel, a broker with Kiemle & Hagood who is involved in the project, says the dev

Since opening the Wandering Table in May 2014, chef Adam Hegsted has built a small culinary empire, with five dining properties in Spokane and Coeur d' Alene. Hegsted began to expand his brand in 2013, by forming the Eat Good Group LLC, which manages

Tiffeny Wycoff has been baking since she was 5 years old. 'I had the Easy Bake oven,” she remembers. 'Grandma would always save batter out of the cake. We'd put it in those little pans, pop it in (the oven), and make the little tarts and things.â

Following a busy Thanksgiving shopping weekend, a number of Spokane-area retailers say they are on track for stronger holiday sales this year than they had last year. The National Retail Federation said in October that it expects sales in November and

Having secured the nationwide presence it once coveted, Spokane-based hotel chain operator Red Lion Hotels Corp. is looking to expand its footprint further, says company President and CEO Gregory T. Mount. Specifically, Mount says, Red Lion's recently