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.
Carytown’s sexy side
Retail
More room for patrons and their pooches
A dog-centric specialty store in Short Pump is fetching some extra space.
Take me out to the farmers market
La Plaza Latino Market is switching to Monday evenings in hopes of attracting larger crowds — and pulling in some baseball fans.
Libbie Market, supersized
The upscale market now has a 32,000-square-foot sister store on Ridgefield Parkway.
An unlikely antiques operator
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
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)
Bobalicious, which opened its first store in Mechanicsville about a year ago, will open a location this weekend in Hampton Roads.
Steep discounts, steep competition
Watch out, Groupon and LivingSocial: A giant has entered the local daily deal market.
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.”
Tailor-made jeans from a tailor’s genes
A new Shockoe Slip shop will let customers design their own jeans.
