http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/08/25/q-cubed/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/08/25/q-cubed/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:02:17 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=32094 Q Barbeque is opening its third location near Virginia Center Commons]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/08/25/q-cubed/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/12/04/malls-lure-new-types-of-tenants/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/12/04/malls-lure-new-types-of-tenants/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:03:36 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=13826 Richmond’s mall operators are less choosy in selecting tenants now, and that’s helped them boost occupancy compared to six months ago. Some have added stores like nail salons, dollar stores, and tattoo shops]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/12/04/malls-lure-new-types-of-tenants/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/short-pump-based-sk-announces-plans-to-liquidate-stores/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/short-pump-based-sk-announces-plans-to-liquidate-stores/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 11:00:22 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7715 Just like Circuit City before it, at the end of its corporate life no other company was interested in buying S&K Famous Menswear and trying to turn it around. The company was founded in 1967 by two brothers who found a niche selling quality men’s clothes at a good price, but that niche evaporated as fewer men bought suits and the lower-end marketplace became more cutthroat. Plus, a brief Q&A with former CEO Joseph Oliver. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/short-pump-based-sk-announces-plans-to-liquidate-stores/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/22/more-empty-stores-at-area-malls/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/22/more-empty-stores-at-area-malls/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:14:52 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=6755 Dozens more retailers have disappeared from local malls in the past six months. About 15 percent of the storefronts in Richmond’s six largest malls are vacant]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/22/more-empty-stores-at-area-malls/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/18/2941/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/18/2941/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:10:13 +0000 Alec http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=2941 A strange shift for the “Center of the Universe,” as the village is sometimes called, to a retail hotspot and thriving business district. Just a few years back, residents of the Hanover County town were fighting tooth and nail against an incoming Wal-Mart store, a brawl which ended up becoming the subject of a PBS ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/09/18/2941/feed/ 0