1+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (405+ words) Coldwater, the clothing store opened by three brothers in Japantown, is closing because the building was sold. Robert Handa reports. Jason and his brothers Brian and Averill Nemedez are starting the painful transition of finding another place to operate Coldwater....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (235+ words) After being a staple of the Castro neighborhood for more than 50 years, the owners of the Buffalo Whole Foods Market posted signs advising that the store will soon be closing. Long time customers of the store first noticed these signs…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (143+ words) New retail may be coming to Union Square in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday that high-end streetwear brand Kith is looking to open a space where the former Macy’s men's store was located. A permit application was…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (93+ words) Owners of the “Great Good Place for Books” bookstore in Oakland announced the store will close permanently on Sunday. The store located in the Montclair neighborhood has been a community hub for over two decades, hosting author events, various themed…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (423+ words) The popular K-pop group BTS is in town. Around 150,000 fans are expected across three nights starting Saturday at Stanford Stadium. Preparations are underway for the concerts and the merch section ahead of Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday’s concerts at Stanford Stadium....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (135+ words) BTS fans will soon take over Stanford Stadium as the wildly popular boy band kicks off a three-concert stint. The kings of K-pop are scheduled to perform on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. All three shows are sold out. A fan…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (462+ words) Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died. She was 94. Fisher died on Saturday surrounded by her family, a Gap spokesperson confirmed on Monday. The San Francisco-based company did…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (122+ words) H Mart, one of the country's largest Asian supermarket chains, on Thursday opened its fourth Bay Area location and its first one in the East Bay. The H Mart is located near the Interstate 580 and 680... H Mart opens first East…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (172+ words) Shoppers in San Francisco now have access to a store built, developed and run almost entirely by an AI bot. Scott Budman reports. What would happen if you asked an artificial intelligence program to build and run a store? The…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (141+ words) It was a busy morning at a Fremont Trader Joe’s as fans lined up early for a chance to score the newest viral tote bag. It was a busy Thursday morning at Trader Joe's in Fremont as diehard fans woke…...