A longtime father and son retail carpeting business in Nampa has branched out to field a store called Cost Cutter Carpet, opening in Nampa early next month. Jim and Jeff Lake have leased a 5,000 square foot, single-story building on ...
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Women's apparel retailer lays off 160 workers 
SANDPOINT – Women’s apparel retailer Coldwater Creek Inc. blames the national economic slowdown for a drop in full-price catalog sales that precipitated 160 layoffs recently.“The overall slowdown in the U.S. economy is having a noticeable effect on consumer confidence,” spokesman ...
Read More »Pizzeria chain to open eighth restaurant in Idaho 
Smoky Mountain Pizza & Pasta plans to open its eighth Idaho restaurant later this month as the first tenant in the new Generations Plaza mini-mall on Idaho Street near Meridian Road in Meridian.The Boise-based pizza chain plans a March 26 ...
Read More »Local sporting goods stores not slowed by economy 
Treasure Valley residents tend to continue buying sporting goods even when the national economy slows, a sampling of Boise-area sporting goods retailers indicates. “It has some effect, but usually when the economy is taking a turn one way or the ...
Read More »Mixed project planned at I-84 & Ten Mile 
Boise development firm Dakota Co. is in the process of purchasing 175 acres on Ten Mile Road between Franklin Road and Interstate 84 for a mixed-use retail and commercial project, company President Larry Durkin says.Durkin said the complex is to ...
Read More »Vintage clothing store finds large market in Japan 
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.So says Eric Schrader, owner of Junkyard Jeans, a seemingly small, unassuming retail and wholesale business on Broadway and Boise avenues in Boise that Schrader has nurtured into a profitable venture.The company buys and ...
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