A sustainable gift bag company headquartered in Spokane has launched its core product, has a deal in the works with a large national retailer for next year's holiday season, and is fundraising through crowdfunding.

Spokane-based Treehouse Deliveries, a third-party food delivery platform, is converting to a member-owned co-op and changing its name to Pacific Northwest Delivery Cooperative, says the company's founder and owner Neil Holford.

A bakery that opened on the South Hill five years ago has moved downtown. Twenty-Seventh Heaven LLC moved into its new space at 105 S. Madison on Nov. 4. Twenty-Seventh Heaven had been located at 1220 S. Grand Boulevard, south of

Two years to the month after Coeur d'Alene business owners bought the Silver Lake Mall from a large, national real estate company, the shopping hub in north Coeur d'Alene is fully occupied.

A winemaker with roots in Spokane plans to open a distillery and tasting room here next month. Andrew Browne says Browne Family Distillery will open Dec. 2 in the former Warrior Liquor space, at 714 N. Lee, in East Spokane. Hours of operation will be 11

A sandwich shop named after the owners' family pet will occupy the former Azar's Restaurant building on north Monroe Street. Jennifer Hesseltine says she and her husband, Aaron, will open Zozo's Sandwich House, at 2501 N. Monroe, in December.

Evident 316 Inc., the Spokane-based vehicle-brakes service shop operator that does business as Golden Rule Brake, is expanding into Idaho. Dallas Low, third-generation owner of Golden Rule, says construction will begin in December on a