In a retail lane that seems to be dominated by big-box stores in the Capital Region, a locally owned and operated pet, garden and farm supply store is open for business,.
The pandemic continues to wreak havoc on retail stores and malls across the country. Another retail store is closing hundreds of locations and two local malls may lose another store.
A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts will close all of its locations nationwide. There is a plan for a handful of their stores but the store as we know it is going out of business.
A promotion at one store in Crossgates Mall had such long lines, the store was forced to stop the promotion before all customers could take part. The company is apologizing for the inconvenience.
Thousands of pounds of a popular canned meat is being recalled. So before you make that delicious ham salad, you better check the expiration date of the main ingredient.
The online shopping trend is really no longer a trend and has lead to less foot traffic in our local malls. Next thing you know some of our favorite stores are closing up shop.
I had a lot of people asking me where I was headed to while I was on vacation. The simple answer was: "no where." People don't like that answer. It's a sympathetic reaction of, "aww, well that can be fun, too!" Yes, I know, that's why I did it. That and lets be honest, traveling costs a lot of money for the equal amount of fun I can have right here. But, that doesn't mean I did
Another store will close at the end of this summer. It's sad to see all of these stores that we counted on to be in our malls going away. It seems the malls are making room for more entertainment rather than retail.