Retail

Carytown’s sexy side

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Two entrepreneurs are opening a high-end intimate-apparel store in the recently vacated Carytown retail space that for almost 40 years housed the Compleat Gourmet.

Take me out to the farmers market

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La Plaza Latino Market is switching to Monday evenings in hopes of attracting larger crowds — and pulling in some baseball fans.

Libbie Market, supersized

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The upscale market now has a 32,000-square-foot sister store on Ridgefield Parkway.

An unlikely antiques operator

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Less than a week after shutting down the Midlothian Antique Center for defaulting on its lease, DRV has reopened the business as Coalfield Station Antiques.

Fro-yo shop gives the cold shoulder

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Pennsylvania-based Yapple Yogurt made its Carytown debut Wednesday but got a frosty reception from its next-door neighbor: Sweet Frog.

Banking on the bubble (tea)

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Bobalicious, which opened its first store in Mechanicsville about a year ago, will open a location this weekend in Hampton Roads.

Silver lining in store’s closing

A Carytown fixture is calling it quits after five decades, but it’s “a good time to be a property owner.”