Greenwood pet store stocked with exotic critters
From tarantulas to emperor scorpions and monitor lizards, Pandemonium Exotics caters to enthusiasts looking for pets beyond a dog or cat.
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Indy pet store raid finds hundreds of dead animals
Animal control officials who raided an Indianapolis pet store that failed an annual inspection say they found hundreds of dead small animals as well as other creatures living in filthy tanks and cages.
Gerdt Furniture owners embroiled in $4M court fight
A family dispute involving the owners of Gerdt Furniture & Interiors Inc. has led to a lawsuit accusing them of owing nearly $4 million in unpaid rent and loans.
Cash-for-gold retail bill passes Indiana House
The Indiana House on Thursday approved a bill regulating cash-for-gold stores, which have proliferated since gold prices shot up in 2008.
Office Depot agrees to buy OfficeMax for about $1.2B
The move would combine the No. 2 and No. 3 office supply retailers and lead to consolidation in an industry that analysts say is over-stored. Office Depot has eight stores in the Indianapolis area and OfficeMax has five.
Sisters put sophisticated spin on popcorn
Just Pop In! retail stores feature traditional, popular flavors like caramel and cheddar—and an “Indy Style” mixture of the two—but a dizzying array of more imaginative concoctions sets the local chain apart.
Bill would crack down on sales to secondhand shops
Indiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would crack down on sales of stolen goods to the state's secondhand stores.
Indiana gun permit denials nearly double in 4 years
The number of state residents whose gun permit requests were denied by the Indiana State Police has nearly doubled in the past four years amid an increase in permit applications.
Downtown Arvey store reopens under new ownership
Arvey Paper & Office Products at 1021 N. Pennsylvania St. began serving customers again in December after closing for six months. A former executive of Arvey’s previous parent company bought the name and has reopened five stores nationwide.
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.
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.
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.
Startup’s stuffed toys help kids do good
Indianapolis-based Promise Monsters makes and sell plush toys that promote kindness through secret “missions” kids are asked to complete.
Lawmakers may tighten grip on gold-buying business
State lawmakers and Indianapolis officials are looking to regulate the gold-buying business, which police say provides an easy outlet for stolen goods. Cash-for-gold stores have multiplied as prices more than doubled since 2007.
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.
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.
Gerdt Furniture closing Castleton location
The 26-year-old store at 8602 Allisonville Road is liquidating its merchandise and is marking down prices as much as 70 percent. Gerdt’s original and lone remaining store, in Southport, will stay open.
Kennedys sell interests in running store chain
Bob and Melina Kennedy have sold their assets in BlueMile, a chain of running and fitness stores they founded 12 years ago as The Running Co. Co-founders Ashley and Andrea Johnson are now sole owners.
Women’s retailer plans $37M expansion, 242 jobs
New York-based Ascena Retail Group, whose female clothing brands include Justice, Lane Bryant, Maurices and Dressbarn, plans to transform its 794,000-square-foot warehouse in Greencastle into an e-commerce distribution hub.