COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus artist made a decision so many have had to make during the COVID-19 pandemic: she's closing down her brick-and-mortar business.
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Glean opened in 2013 on North High Street. McCombs wanted to celebrate all things creatively repurposed: quirky objects, antique tchotchkes and bath and body products.
"I really got to know many of my customers," McCombs said in a Zoom interview as she packed away her items from her store.
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Another Grinch sighting | Local News | observer-reporter.com
Despite his best efforts, the Grinch couldn't stop Christmas from coming to Canonsburg as the town kicked off the holiday season Friday night with a socially distant visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus, who could be seen waving to visitors from behind the storefront window in the Hidden Treasures store. While the pandemic derailed some events, the borough Christmas committee has retained some traditions, like the lights on the buildings and the decorated storefront windows.
Delaware artists transform boarded windows into artwork - The Washington Post
"How can we respond? How can we empower young artists in this moment, not so much as to heal, but to continue this energy into ways that change begins to happen?," Whitney says.
If we can get a few donors and some store owners willing to turn their storefront into a work of art, the duo thought, we can transform those blank wooden monuments from painful reminders into powerful messages of justice, love and inclusion.
That morning, they were on the ground on Market Street with fellow project co-founder Arden photographer Joe del Tufo asking business owners what they thought, even though the dazed owners had only started to absorb what had just happened.
Shop owners say 'Small Business Saturday' couldn't come at a better time - KESQ
York, PA ( WPMT ) — Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is another annual shopping tradition. “Small Business Saturday” was started in 2010 by American Express. It brings in billions of dollars to small businesses every year, but this year, that help is needed more than ever.
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“We have our retail storefront here that we just expanded,” Christina Clarke, the owner, said. “And we expanded next door to another storefront.”
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Fireflies Boutique to Transition to Online Shop - Williamson Source
Fireflies Boutique, located at 5323 Main Street in Spring Hill, has announced the boutique will transition into an online store, with new plans for the storefront.
The storefront will close to the public becoming an event space, and a place for pop-up shops. It will take a couple of months for the store to transition and no exact date was given on the closure of the storefront.
Fireflies made the announcement via Facebook , calling it a “scary but necessary decision.”
Southern Christmas Show Holds Virtual Storefront
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Southern Christmas Show usually attracts more than a hundred vendors and thousands of people, but organizers had to adjust it this year due to the pandemic.
Teresa Thibault owns Heart Gifts, also known as American Ornaments in Kannapolis. Her and her staff decorate all of their ornaments by hand, and for the last 27 years, she has been bringing those special gifts to the Southern Christmas Show in Charlotte. This year however, that changed.
Cast Your Vote for Red Curtain Storefront Window Display and Lighting Contest - Fox21Online
DULUTH, Minn. – There’s still time to cast your vote for the red curtain Storefront Window Display and Lighting Contest in Duluth.
Hosted by the Greater Downtown Council, the contest is taking place throughout the downtown waterfront where people can vote on their favorite storefront decorations previously covered by red curtains.
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"The red curtain display is just to kind of gain that traffic back, keep people excited, have people to experience something in a safe manner by doing it outside right now, but yeah, more than ever, we have to think about shopping local,” said Emily Ekstrom, the owner of Hucklebeary Duluth.
New Staten Island Dunkin' opening - silive.com
The new Dunkin' restaurant -- to be located in a storefront that formerly housed Neighborhood Housing Services at 770 Castleton Ave. -- is expected to open sometime between Christmas and New Years, according to the spokesperson for the restaurant chain.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As many businesses struggle to survive amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a popular coffee and donut chain is opening a new restaurant in West Brighton.
The location will be one of Dunkin's next-generation restaurants that offer a modern atmosphere with new technologies and design elements, said the spokesperon. The West Brighton Dunkin' will include an innovative tap system serving eight cold beverages, such as Cold Brew coffee and Nitro Cold Brew coffee, according to the company.
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