A candy retailer has planted roots along the downtown stretch of West Broad Street following a successful run selling online.
Born on Etsy, candy shop opens in Jackson Ward
Mike Platania
Mike Platania joined BizSense in December 2016. He covers commercial real estate, restaurants and breweries. He graduated from Virginia Tech. Reach him at mike@richmondbizsense.com or (804) 554-6872.
Henrico-based golf belt maker bags a competitor
A local golf retail and wholesale company has gone from the putting green to the closing table.
On-demand scooter startup Lime is sweet on Richmond
A Silicon Valley-based firm may soon steer its shared scooters and its gang of “juicers” into Richmond.
Cupcake shop jumping from Grove to Patterson
After a shuffling of ownership and shuttering of its Charlottesville shop, a Richmond bakery is headed for a new home in its West End neighborhood.
New CEO steps in at Snag
Months after reducing its local workforce, the company formerly known as Snagajob has made a change at its top office. Peter Harrison, who had been on the job for about five years, has been replaced as CEO of Snag, the recently rebranded hourly job-search website that has about 250 employees in Innsbrook. The new CEO… Read more »
Cutting edge: Axe-throwing trend flies into Henrico
An edgy activity that’s become popular in larger cities is headed for the Richmond market. G-Force Karts, a local indoor go-cart racing track in eastern Henrico, will open three axe-throwing lanes in its facility next week. It will be the first local venue to tap into the trend of axe-throwing, which has fueled the rise… Read more »
Brookland Park apparel company sells building at a profit, moves up the street
A year after setting up shop in Northside, a local retailer has outgrown its home and is moving a few blocks over while staying in the same neighborhood.
New local distillery: A hobby that ‘kind of got out of hand’
The business of booze is spilling further into Powhatan County. Three Crosses Distillery is preparing to open at 3835 Old Buckingham Road, where it will make whiskey, rum, moonshine, vodka, rye and bourbon. Distilling is something of a family tradition for Three Crosses owners Michelle and John Davenport. Michelle said her husband’s great-uncle was once… Read more »
Local Babies ‘R’ Us building sold at auction; neighboring toy store could be next
Investors have begun picking off the Richmond-area remnants of Geoffrey the Giraffe’s fallen empire.
Chickpea-powered local startup vies for $4.5M capital raise
As it prepares a national launch, a West End-based startup is looking to haul in another big batch of cash. Nutriati, which breaks down chickpeas into proteins and flours to be used as ingredients for health food manufacturers, is amid a $4.5 million equity capital raise, per SEC documents. It had raised $2.5 million as… Read more »
