The local retail scene saw some seasoned stores relocate or add new locations in 2022, while new-to-market brands selling everything from sporting goods to Legos decided this was the year to make their Richmond debut.
It was a busy year of capital raising, new companies launching and other groups expanding as the local startup scene generated plenty of headlines in 2022.
Bugle Call Coffee has recently rolled out a mobile café trailer, added some new roasting equipment and expanded its bean lineup.
With soda already flowing elsewhere in the building, additional construction is now underway on a warehouse in Chesterfield County that was leased earlier this year by Coca-Cola Consolidated.
“Our brand has had the best revenue year yet. However…frozen transportation costs soared beginning in the summer and just remained sky-high into the winter months,” the CEO of O’My Dairy Free Gelato said of the company’s financial troubles.
After starting out in 2021 selling only through its own website, a local beauty products brand is expanding through deals with the likes of Urban Outfitters and Thirteen Lune.
The project ddded a new wing and new amenities to Housing Families First’s facilities at 3900 Nine Mile Road in eastern Henrico County.
As the momentum of the Short Pump commercial scene spills ever westward into Goochland, the Georgia-based chicken sandwich slinger follows in tow.
The store reopened this month with its new features after being temporarily closed during the summer and fall for the expansion.
The former real estate agent discovered the business on social media and said she saw it as an opportunity to make a career of an interest in flowers she further cultivated during the pandemic.
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