Jack in the Box revives local expansion push
The burger chain has applied for zoning approval to build a restaurant near 16th and Meridian streets, just south of CVS drugstore. It would be one of 10 stores it plans to open here.
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Marsh plans to spend $60M to build and remodel stores
The Fishers-based supermarket chain is shifting into expansion mode with a mission to construct up to 10 new stores and revamp or rebuild several more over the next three years.
Analysts react positively to Finish Line purchase
The Indianapolis-based retailer’s acquisition of an 18-store specialty running chain should produce better results than some past miscalculations, analysts say.
Finish Line acquires 18-store chain for $8.5M
The Indianapolis-based athletics retailer acquired the chain in order to enter the specialty running market. The stores are located primarily in the eastern part of the country.
Music retailer moving call center to Indianapolis
The Woodwind & Brasswind, a South Bend-based retailer of musical instruments, is moving call-center operations to Indianapolis. The center will employ 100 people.
Receiver appointed in $16.8M foreclosure suit
Lender Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust is foreclosing on several Indianapolis commercial properties, including two retail centers, owned by Greenwood developer Presnell Cos.
Circle Centre wants Cinnabon out of mall
A lawsuit filed by the downtown Indianapolis mall accuses Cinnaworks LLC, a franchisee of Cinnabon, of failing to pay its $6,751-per-month rent.
INSIDE DISH: Pizzeria novices hit their stride, watch sales rise
The duo behind Brozinni Pizzeria in Greenwood didn't know much about dough in the beginning, but they're making a lot of it now.
Fire heavily damages Aristocrat restaurant
The restaurant at 5212 N. College Ave. sustained $1.5 million in damage. Firefighters were called to the two-story, 6,000-square-foot building early Thursday morning.
Greenwood developer target of foreclosure suit
Two Indianapolis-area retail centers are listed in a $16.8 million lawsuit that includes a total of six properties owned by the Presnell Companies of Greenwood.
Auction set for Glass Chimney restaurant in Carmel
Real estate and furnishings for the Glass Chimney and casual-dining neighbor Deeter’s will be auctioned at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The long-time restaurants closed this summer.
Broad Ripple group doubles down in fight over Kilroy’s
Members of the Broad Ripple Village Association are vowing to continue their fight against a new Kilroy's Bar n' Grill after they were denied a chance to speak out about the plan at a public hearing.
Marsh outsourcing distribution to East Coast firm
Marsh Supermarkets Inc. plans to outsource distribution services for all 97 of its stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. Marsh said 250 logistics workers will become employees for C&S.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Fast-food guru digs philanthropy
What formative experience helped inspire a Taco Bell franchisee to donate well over $1 million to youth charities? What was his biggest bonehead mistake in business? Charlie Brown has answers.
Steak n Shake reports higher same-store sales
Same-store sales grew during the fiscal third quarter 4.9 percent, helping revenue during the three-month period climb 4.5 percent, to $165.2 million.
INSIDE DISH: Carmel Cajun eatery Mudbugs turns corner
After a shaky start, ownership shakeup and puzzled looks from potential patrons, Belinda and Roy LeBlanc have turned their homegrown oasis for Louisiana cuisine into a profitable venture.
Eastgate owner plots unusual office-space strategy
The owner of the former Eastgate shopping center has begun marketing a third phase of its mall overhaul: About 225,000 square feet of emergency backup office space.
Finish Line brass buoyant as key retail season arrives
The company clearly is on a nice run, with seven straight quarters of increasing same-store sales and increasing earnings per share.
HHGregg shares plunge after rare quarterly loss
Shares of electronics and appliance retailer HHGregg Inc. slumped more than 18 percent Thursday morning, to a two-year low, after the chain reported its first quarterly loss in four years.
Retailer HHGregg suffers rare quarterly loss
The appliance and electronics retailer on Thursday reported a loss of $800,000, or 2 cents per share, in its fiscal first quarter ended June 30—just its second quarterly loss since going public in 2007.