Shawn and Nikki Martin of Soccer Post in Chesterfield plan to open a second location in the Virginia Center Station shopping center.
Soccer store franchisees make a play near Virginia Center Commons
Virginia Center Commons
Q, cubed
Q Barbeque is opening its third location near Virginia Center Commons.
S&K To Liquidate
Just like Circuit City before it, at the end of its corporate life no other company was interested in buying S&K Famous Menswear and trying to turn it around. The company was founded in 1967 by two brothers who found a niche selling quality men’s clothes at a good price, but that niche evaporated as fewer men bought suits and the lower-end marketplace became more cutthroat. Plus, a brief Q&A with former CEO Joseph Oliver.
More empty stores at area malls
Dozens more retailers have disappeared from local malls in the past six months. About 15 percent of the storefronts in Richmond’s six largest malls are vacant.
Ashland and Hanover not fighting growth anymore
A strange shift for the “Center of the Universe,” as the village is sometimes called, to a retail hotspot and thriving business district. Just a few years back, residents of the Hanover County town were fighting tooth and nail against an incoming Wal-Mart store, a brawl which ended up becoming the subject of a PBS… Read more »