Mattress store to close
Retailing: Just a year after opening, The Better Sleep Store is liquidating its store at 9008 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh.
Flexing muscles at 3 gyms
Retailing: I suppose it should be expected that the end of December would bring a lot of news about gyms and fitness centers. After all, Americans need places to atone for their diet-busting holiday sins.
Electric scooter? He'll fix it
Retailing: Raleigh resident Rich Sathoff discovered his love of electric scooters when a friend loaned him one during a European vacation. He liked it so much that he bought one of his own, but then had trouble finding a place to service it.
Fleet Feet, off and running
Retailing:A Carrboro company, Fleet Feet, has been quietly building its business since moving from California to North Carolina in 2001.
From newsobserver.com
Stock:Taking Stock, staff writer Sue Stock's blog on deals, discounts and more, is at blogs.newsobserver.com/takingstock/. We run excerpts the first Sunday of each month.
Fixing broken machines
Retailing:A Wisconsin company, Equipro, has opened its first North Carolina location in North Raleigh and is targeting a unique niche.
Dewey's bakery opens at Cary Towne Center
Retailing:Dewey's, a Winston-Salem bakery known for its Moravian cookies and sugarcake, has opened a temporary store in the Belk wing of Cary Towne Center.
Filling the need for fitness
Retailing:The health and fitness business is one of the best ones to be in nowadays, as busy people worry about staying fit and avoiding obesity.
Beer delivered to you
Retailing:Plenty of companies will deliver pizza, subs or Chinese food to your door, but how about a cold six-pack along with your order?
Best of Taking Stock
Stock:I get asked a lot about how to save on produce items, since there are very few coupons for things like cucumbers.
Bookshop is seeking a buyer
Retailing:The Bookshop, Inc., on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill could be less than a year from closing for good.
Selling to fantasy lovers
Retailing:Dungeons and Dragons might seem like something to be left behind in childhood, but many adults are still very much submerged in the medieval and fantasy world.
Cookies come offline
Retailing:After five years of taking orders on the Internet and shipping her gourmet cookies to customers, Traci Glass is moving her Whimsical Cookies into a retail space.
Stores are rushing to open
Retailing:I know, I know. Halloween is still half a month away and already, retailers from warehouse clubs to drugstores are stocking Christmas stuff.
Furniture stores are closing
Retailing:On Friday, furniture retailer Storehouse began a liquidation sale at its 70 U.S. stores, including those in University Mall in Chapel Hill and North Hills in Raleigh.
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