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Union Square was written off. Is it finally back?
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1526+ words) San Francisco’s famous shopping district became synonymous with closures and dysfunction. Now the conditions are in place for it to thrive again. When Claudia Campos looks around her Painted Leopard coffee shop, she sees a cross-section of the city. She…...
San Francisco retail landscape shifts as Union Square, Stonestown see renewed life
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (308+ words) NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts While some shopping districts have emptied out, others are expanding and bringing in new life.In Union Square, international fashion brand A Bathing Ape celebrated its grand opening with a block party featuring DJs and games…...
Inside the 'hectic' business of one of SF's top thrift stores
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1509+ words) The 40% off sale is underway from 3-7 p.m. — each customer was alerted to it via text message the day before. The strategy is one of many ways the Polk Street outpost of Out of the Closet, a Los Angeles-founded thrift store chain…...
Clothing store Coldwater in San Jose’s Japantown to close – NBC Bay Area
1+ week, 6+ day 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....
Kith eyes location in San Francisco's Union Square, report says
3+ week, 6+ day 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…...
Plans for Oakland Costco move forward
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (77+ words) Oakland may finally be getting its own Costco. Mayor Barbara Lee said the city has entered into exclusive negotiations with the chain. The proposed Costco would take over the old Army base in West Oakland, just blocks away from Raimondi…...
Santa Clara is going door to door to collect recalled Costco grapevines
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (398+ words) FILE: Costco Wholesale store in San Jose, Calif. Beginning this week, the Santa Clara County Division of Agriculture will visit customers who purchased recalled grapevine plants from Costco in April and May, leaving collection supplies and instructions before returning to…...
Rite Aid Out, Dollar Tree In: Big-Box Shakeup Hits Pacifica's Linda Mar Strip
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (172+ words) Pacifica’s Linda Mar Shopping Center is trading one national chain for another, as Dollar Tree moves into a 19,085-square-foot unit facing Highway 1. The discount retailer has signed a lease for the former drugstore bay, keeping a big-box player in the…...
Calif. Costcos destroy hundreds of plants after invasive pest found again
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (395+ words) FILE: Costco stores in Sacramento and Marin counties recently received plants with egg masses from glassy-winged sharpshooter bugs. Just a month after glassy-winged sharpshooters were discovered on grapevines sold at Northern California Costco stores, the wholesale retail giant has made…...
Founder of Real SF Startup Is Cutting Up Banned Target Bags and Calling Them Dog Raincoats. They're $2.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (599+ words) A SF clean energy founder and Accenture alum is selling custom dog raincoats made from Target bags on Facebook Marketplace — for $2, to order, right after California banned them. San Francisco has always had a knack for turning its own municipal…...