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Retail

KEVIN BLOCKER

Spokane auto dealerships are driven online during shutdown

INW auto retailers work to salvage sales before being allowed to reopen
May 7, 2020
Kevin Blocker
As the pandemic-related shutdowns sent automotive and recreational vehicle sales into a free fall, Spokane-area dealers detoured to the internet in unprecedented ways to move goods.
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Pledge 1200 garners commitments in 42 states

Consumers nationwide agree to spend stimulus funds in communities
April 23, 2020
Kevin Blocker
Residents from 42 states have committed to spending more than $1 million at struggling small businesses in their respective communities through an initiative co-founded by a young professional in Spokane.
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Vestis Systems shifts focus to making clear barriers

Small manufacturer aims to bring back employees
April 23, 2020
Natasha Nellis
Spokane-based custom awnings, sunshades, and canopy maker Vestis Systems Inc. has shifted its manufacturing operations to make and install clear vinyl barriers for businesses.
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Restaurants and Retail: In Their Own Words

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April 23, 2020
Kevin Blocker

Restaurants & Retail: In their own words

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April 9, 2020
Kevin Blocker
Taylor & Rachel Gano Fluffy's Candy 9502 N. Newport Highway, suite 4B, Spokane 
 In November of 2019, after two years of throwing the idea of opening a full-service candy store around, my wife and I finally made the jump and began looking
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Parting Thoughts with Leo's Photography's Bill Robertson

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April 9, 2020
Virginia Thomas
If you grew up in Spokane between 1978 and 2010, Bill Robertson probably took at least one of your school photos. Robertson doesn't know exactly how many students and teachers he's photographed over the years, but he's made each one of them smile.
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Etailz lands additional $5 million in capital

Co-founder Simpson joins director's board
April 9, 2020
Kevin Blocker
Spokane Valley-based online retailer etailz Inc. has secured a round of investment funding for the second time this year, says the company CEO Kunal Chopra. The newly raised capital, just more than $5 million, comes from a group of investors
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Clearwater Paper Corp.

Silver linings emerge amid coronavirus storm

Some companies report sales growth, while others adapt
April 9, 2020
Kevin Blocker
Shannon Myers never thought she'd be talking about toilet paper so much, even though she's the spokeswoman for a company that makes it. Though Spokane-based Clearwater Paper Corp. doesn't have hard revenue figures yet for the first quarter of 2020
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Two retail projects planned on West Plains

Spring start expected for new North 40
March 26, 2020
Mike McLean
Plans are expected to go forward this spring for a North 40 Outfitters farm store on the west edge of Spokane, near where a retail development to be anchored by a Bush Car Wash also is planned. The $6.5 million North 40 farm and ranch store will be
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Virginia Thomas

2020 Icons: Larry Brown

Fixture of INW restaurant scene re-invented eateries to stay current
March 26, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Spokane restaurateur Larry Brown, 75, got his entrepreneurial start early in life. At age 12, his mother said to him, 'You're old enough to start paying your own way.”
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