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Will Martin’s signal sour end for wine shops?
The Ukrop’s next to Matthew Lake’s wine store will soon become a Martin’s Grocery store and do what would have seemed inconceivable a year ago: sell beer and wine. And that presents a formerly
Read More »Should economists look at stats or skirts?
The shorter the skirts, the better the economy. So goes an almost 100-year-old theory on women’s fashion and the economy. The corporate owners of Stony Point Fashion Park and Regency Square Mall wanted to
Read More »Profits down? There’s a team for that.
Members of a national nonprofit organization have developed a service to save businesses in crisis
Read More »Today’s special: A mobile app for restaurants
These days, a good website is almost as essential to a restaurant’s success as its kitchen. Local software developer Eddie Peloke is betting that iPhone applications are the next frontier for restaurant marketing. Peloke’s
Read More »A new page in the book biz
Bookholders, at 720 W. Grace St. in the heart of VCU, buys textbooks from students at one of five locations and then uses the Web to find buyers for their customers’ books. The store
Read More »Today’s lesson: How to heat water on the roof
A new community center in the Northside section of Richmond will feature three kinds of solar roof panels that will heat 85 percent of the building’s hot water and generate 15 percent of its
Read More »Don’t climb the mountain alone
Two local entrepreneurs have started a new organization to help other small businesses
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