Retail

Owner Cody Jones is betting he can catch more attention for his shop on Broad Street, where he has his bright-pink logo hanging on a black building to which he’s adding murals.

Behind the new location is Maggie Mereand, the local franchisee who has two other Uptown Cheapskate outposts in Chesterfield County.

“We really want to give someone a private experience where they feel like they’re getting the full attention of the team,” said co-owner Nick DeRosa.

The decades-old West End sporting goods store plans to kick off a liquidation sale on Thursday to begin getting rid of its retail inventory ahead of a fuller pivot into team sales.

Kilwins is opening in a former juice bar space, while Evereve is taking over the vacated Peloton storefront.

Two years after opening Magdalena’s, a shop selling crystals and incense in Shockoe Bottom, local entrepreneur Extasis Bouton is trying on a store of a different sort around the corner.

The off-price retail chains are increasing their store counts in the region, with TJ Maxx planning a new store in a former Barnes & Noble in Glen Allen and Burlington lining up locations in eastern Henrico and North Chesterfield.

Ben Safchuk, an advertiser-turned-baker who had stints at The Martin Agency and elsewhere, will soon be whipping up croissants in his first full-time storefront.

Unable to fully regain its momentum after a 2020 fire gutted its longtime Northside facility, Dickie’s Seafood has boiled its last shrimp.

The local franchisees of the national chain Soccer Post will join Starbucks, Chipotle and Kilwins, among other tenants and attractions at The Lake, which is under construction across from River City Sportsplex.