Retail

An established Carytown merchant is rebranding and moving one of her stores to a recently vacated space a few doors down. Kay McCarthy plans to open Ruby, a new incarnation of her Phoenix 2.0 store, in June at 3030 W. Cary St. Ruby’s 2,600-square-foot space at the corner of North Belmont and West Cary streets… Read more »

Two longtime tenants at Stony Point Fashion Park and Short Pump Town Center are shifting over to the River Road retail scene. Orvis, which sells outdoor, fishing and hunting gear, as well as men’s and women’s apparel from its two-story location at the Short Pump mall, is opening a store in the River Road Shopping… Read more »

An out-of-town brand has plans to test Richmond’s retail waters next door to the new home of a local lingerie store. Trend, based in Blackstone, plans to open in June at 3103 W. Cary St. in Carytown. Owner Kim Moody has a lease for a 2,800-square-foot space that has recently been home to Phoenix 2.0…. Read more »

A popular Carytown retailer’s turf battle over the word “need” has come to an end and the competitor it sued for trademark infringement has rebranded. Need Supply Co., through its NSCO LLC, last month voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against Dallas, Texas-based Need LLC after the two sides reached a settlement. While terms of the resolution… Read more »

The owner of a decades-old furniture and upholstery company is closing the business after 10 years on the Boulevard, but she’s not letting go of her real estate in the increasingly busy neighborhood. Whetstone Upholstery & Interiors’ last day of business at 1122 N. Boulevard will be April 22. Owner Madalyn Hopkins said she had the business… Read more »

Barely a year after resurrecting the brand locally, a paper and party supply store has closed its Midlothian shop. If It’s Paper shut down last month at 9704 Midlothian Turnpike in the Stein Mart Festival shopping center. The store did not renew its one-year lease when it expired at the end of February, according to… Read more »

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.

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 »

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

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 »