Retail

Sneak peek: Cabela’s in Short Pump

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Cabela’s 82,000-square-foot store, the retailer’s first in the Richmond market, is set for an April 6 opening as one of the anchors of the still-under-construction West Broad Marketplace, located just west of Short Pump Town Center.

Bean bag maker settling in at Short Pump

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For its first Virginia retail location, a New Hampshire-based company is plopping down in Short Pump. Yogibo, which makes bean bag chairs, pillows and other forms of bean-bag-stuffed furniture, plans to open March 25 at Short Pump Town Center, near the Nordstrom entrance. The 1,500-square-foot store will sell the company’s full line, including its flagship… Read more »

Downtown shop ends decade-long run

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A Jackson Ward store beside the sites of two debated city projects is closing its doors after 10 years in business.

Fabric shop adds new layer to Scott’s Addition retail scene

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A local retailer is consolidating space it has near the Fan and in Midlothian to open a Scott’s Addition storefront. U-Fab, which sells fabrics for home décor and also does upholstery, custom sewing and furniture, will vacate its store at 106 S. Robinson St. and offices and warehousing in Midlothian in favor of a 25,000-square-foot property at 3210… Read more »

Carytown shop closes, sells wares to neighbor

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A retailer in Carytown shut its door last week, but not before striking a deal with another shop a few blocks to down to pick up its remaining products and its brand.

New shop brings the fizz to Church Hill

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A venture dedicated to American manufactured home goods and soda is up and running in the Church Hill area. Roaring Pines, a soda counter and shop that sells everything from boomerangs to mop buckets, opened this month at 2025 Venable St. as an extension of the online retail and web development company owner Drew Dayberry… Read more »

West End home goods shop to close

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Nearly 11,000 square feet of Broad Street retail space will soon come up for grabs as a national retailer closes one of its Richmond locations. The Pier 1 Imports store at 7496 W. Broad St. will close in March, company spokesperson Melissa Simon said. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company announced last April it planned to… Read more »

Fan computer shop gets an upgrade

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The Fan will soon see version 2.0 of Apple products specialist CapitolMac, which is moving up the street to a twice-as-large space at 1700 W. Main St.

Breaking News: Publix to build first local store on former Ukrop’s site

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Another new player is elbowing into Richmond’s crowded grocery market. Publix Super Markets Inc. has signed on to open its first area store in the forthcoming Nuckols Place Shopping Center at 5400 Wyndham Forest Drive, near the intersection of Nuckols and Twin Hickory roads. The Lakeland, Florida-based grocery chain will anchor the 107,000-square-foot development, which… Read more »