Meijer to invest $400M in new, remodeled stores this year
Midwest retailer Meijer plans to open nine new stores this year, including one in Indianapolis. It also plans to remodel numerous stores.
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Tim Hortons targets Indianapolis as part of expansion plan
Coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons, a cult favorite in its Canadian homeland, is counting on Indianapolis as it makes a bigger push into the United States.
CEO Dennis May steps down at struggling HHGregg
The Indianapolis-based appliance and electronics retailer, which has seen its sales plummet in recent years, named Chief Financial Officer Robert Riesbeck as interim CEO. May had been with the company since 1999.
Kroger to offer anti-overdose drug without prescription
The supermarket chain will make naloxone available in its pharmacies across Ohio and northern Kentucky, a region hard-hit by deadly heroin.
U.S. retail sales move in opposite direction from stocks
A key question for the economy this year is whether consumer spending can keep growing and offset the impacts of stock market volatility and slowing growth overseas.
Gun shop owner, pitchman Don Davis dies at 82
Don Davis, one of the nation's most prolific gun dealers and a late-night TV commercial icon in Indianapolis, died Thursday
Increasingly digital retail landscape fuels investor angst
Retailers are updating software, revamping supply chains to provide seamless service to consumers, whether they’re shopping from a desktop, a mobile device, a telephone or visiting a store.
Young & Laramore fetches national retail ad account
Pet Supplies Plus has hired Indianapolis-based ad agency Young & Laramore to help it take a bite out of competitors Petco and PetSmart.
HHGregg reports 11 percent drop in quarterly sales
Sales were down again, as expected, but the electronics and appliance retailer saw a smaller loss in the latest quarter thanks to cost savings.
Johnny Rockets closes restaurant in Circle Centre mall
The burger joint served its last customers on Sunday in the mall’s food court, joining a growing list of tenants departing the mall’s third floor.
Longtime downtown tobacco shop closes
A sign in the window of Hardwicke’s Pipe & Tobacco off of Monument Circle instructs patrons to visit its Broad Ripple store, which remains open.
Lids co-founder leaving as part of sale of sports-uniform division
Scott Molander, who launched the chain as Hat World with a single store in Tippecanoe Mall in Lafayette in 1995, is joining the Tennessee-based company that's buying Lids' sports-uniform business.
Marsh says it will upgrade nearly half its stores in 2016
The Fishers-based grocery chain did not say how much it would spend to "remodel and upgrade" 30 of its 73 stores.
Topgolf entertainment venue to open on 116th Street in Fishers
The three-level, 65,000-square-foot location—the company’s first in Indiana—would offer competitive golfing games in addition to food, alcohol and other entertainment options.
Wal-Mart to close 269 stores amid increasing competition
Of the 154 stores being closed in the U.S., 102 will be in its Walmart Express category, which has been in a pilot program since 2011. About 10,000 U.S. employees will be affected.
Resurgence of vinyl gives record stores new life
A number of local music stores are reporting dramatic sales growth in vinyl records, in both 7- and 12-inch format. For you old-timers, that’s 45s and 33s. A few 78s also are for sale.
Finish Line’s ‘self-inflicted’ blunders leave analysts skeptical
The Finish Line Inc.’s disastrous third quarter stemmed from management miscues, a well-worn story that has made some analysts skeptical that incoming CEO, Sam Sato, will usher in better times.
Two more retailers leaving Circle Centre mall
Johnston & Murphy and Yankee Candle Co. are set to vacate their spaces at the end of the month, joining Gap, Gap Kids and American Greetings as tenants departing the third floor.
UPDATE: Finish Line to close 150 stores, change CEO
The Finish Line Inc. said it will close 150 stores over the next four years and replace its CEO early next year after losing $32 million in sales in its latest quarter due to supply-chain problems.
Indianapolis area avoids Macy’s store-closing list
Macy's is slashing up to 4,800 jobs and closing 40 stores, a harbinger of hard times for retailers after a holiday season that saw a noticeable shift to online shopping and away from physical stores.