Greenfield gun seller, others seeing run on guns
Gun enthusiasts are snapping up weapons faster than they can be replenished. And applications for gun permits spiked sharply toward the end of 2012.
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Finish Line suffers surprising quarterly loss
The earnings fell short of predictions by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, which recently forecast per-share earnings of 10 cents on revenue of $296 million.
Investor: Kroger missed chance to buy ‘linchpin’ property
Owner of real estate near 16th and Central says grocery chain showed little interest, but Kroger says it still wants property to make way for new downtown store.
Holiday retail sales growth weakest since 2008
Shoppers were buffeted this year by a string of events that made them less likely to spend. The numbers also show how Washington’s current budget impasse is trickling down to Main Street and unsettling consumers.
Gerdt Furniture to close doors after 53-year run
The last remaining store for the family-owned business, which recently shuttered its Castleton location, will stage a liquidation sale on Dec. 28.
Stores brace for snow during final shopping days
With sales during the holiday shopping season disappointing so far, the nation’s retailers are depending even more on these final days leading up to Christmas for a boost in business. Retailers are hoping the storm won’t change shoppers’ plans.
Landmark Anderson drugstore closes after 80 years
Howard Gwinn worked as a teacher and a Chicago-based pharmacist before opening shop at Fifth Street and Madison Avenue in Anderson in 1932. The drugstore he founded was a neighborhood fixture until closing Wednesday night.
Retail, apartment blitz hits Fishers
It seems as if all of Fishers is under construction—and not just the perpetual improvements to Interstate 69. Developers have lined up a multitude of deals adding residential and commercial space, projects that are coinciding with the town’s recent voter-approved transition to a city.
As Simon soars, two big mall anchors retrench
Are Simon investors overlooking the potential fallout from trouble at two of the mall giant’s biggest tenants, Sears and JCPenney?
Retailers report weak sales gains for November
Major retailers such as Kohl's, Target and Macy's on Thursday reported slow sales in November as a strong start to the holiday shopping season wasn't enough to fully offset a slow start to the month caused by Superstorm Sandy.
Upscale grocer Fresh Market planning Fishers store
Specialty grocery chain The Fresh Market is planning its third store in the Indianapolis area, this time at 116th Street and Cumberland Road in Fishers.
Experts predict 20-percent growth in Cyber Monday shopping
This year’s Cyber Monday could be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row. Indianapolis-based retailers The Finish Line and HHGregg are among those offering Cyber Monday specials.
Thanksgiving steals sales from Black Friday
Saturday's report from retail technology company ShopperTrak finds consumers spent $11.2 billion at stores across the U.S. That is down 1.8 percent from last year's total.
Small stores vie for slice of holiday-shopping pie
National retailers are licking their chops over the $586 billion consumers are expected to spend during the holiday season, and small-business owners also are bellying up to the buffet.
South-side shopping center fills up on shoes, furniture
Shoe Carnival, Rooms Express will bring Southport Plaza to full occupancy for the first time in four years.
Ready, set, shop!
Before you blow the holiday budget on Midnight Madness deals and Tryptophan Thursday specials, independent shop owners want to make sure you know about Small Business Saturday.
Marsh Supermarkets names new CEO from ranks of A&P
The parent company of Marsh Supermarkets has picked a new CEO to lead the locally based grocery chain.
HHGregg adds furniture, exercise gear as TV sales fall
HHGregg Inc. is looking for ways to boost sales at its 224 stores in coming months as the homegrown company fights to offset a huge drop in TV sales. The retailer reported a big decline in quarterly revenue Friday, but its shares soared nearly 19 percent.
Dry cleaners moving to ‘perc’ alternatives
One of the region’s largest dry cleaning companies recently washed its hands of perchloroethylene, the dry cleaning chemical at the heart of about 170 cleaner site cleanups statewide.
Dry cleaners’ solvents taint Martinsville’s water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed placing the city of Martinsville on its Superfund priority list, citing groundwater contamination traced to several former dry cleaning shops in the heart of town.