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For more than 20 years, Jane Asher offered customers a smile, a kind word and a taste of a little of everything at her store in downtown Hendersonville. Read Story »
Tags: antiques | Historic Downtown Hendersonville | retail | Jane Asher | Village Green
When Myra Jansen moved into the old JC Penney building in 1984, Main Street was "deserted" and downtown shopkeepers were in a panic. Read Story »
Tags: antiques | downtown Hendersonville | retail | Mary Jansen
LAUREL PARK — Weekend before last, the line at the Crate Wine Market & Project snaked around the building as customers to buy up the shop’s inventory. Read Story »
Tags: retail | wineries | Crate Wine Market & Project
New commercial development is coming to the south side of the city. Read Story »
Tags: Spartanburg Highway | retail | commercial property sales | Jeff Justus | carwash
A new shop is coming to the old Shelley’s Jewelry space downtown. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Downtown Hendersonville | retail | clothing stores
HORSE SHOE — If you visit Horse Shoe Hardware for the first time and you’re greeted by a cheery “hello” and you see no one, you haven’t lost your mind. You just failed to notice Java, the store mascot. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Horse Shoe
Bon Worth, the Hendersonville-based women’s clothing retailer that once operated more than 300 stores across the U.S., has filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to reorganize and try to save the company. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Loren Wells | Bon Worth | clothing stores
As mayor of Laurel Park, Carey O’Cain helped guide the development of Rhododendron Lake Nature Park. The Audubon Society and National Geographic had designated 2018 as the Year of the Bird, O’Cain noted early last year as he talked about the large variety of birds visiting the lake and the bluebird boxes that attracted nesting birds. Lutrelle O’Cain’s work focused on four-legged animals, as executive director of the Blue Ridge Humane Society. Read Story »
Tags: retail | birds | Carey Ocain | Lutrelle Ocain
EAST FLAT ROCK — Family Dollar is opening a new store on Spartanburg Highway in East Flat Rock next week. Read Story »
Tags: Spartanburg Highway | retail | East Flat Rock | discount stores
Eighteen years ago, when Walmart announced its move from the Eastridge Crossing shopping center to the new Highland Square, the Hendersonville City Council held two different public meetings to discuss the look of the discount giant’s new store. Read Story »
Tags: land-use planning | retail | Wal-Mart | Walmart | gateway corridors | sign regulations
Family Dollar will celebrate its new store on Asheville Highway next week with giveaways and prizes and gift cards for earlybirds. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Asheville Highway | Dollar General | Family Dollar | discount stores
Tags: supermarkets | retail | south gateway | Publix | South Market shopping center
Loren W. Wells, whose startup business selling ladies smocks and polyester stretch pants out of a plain brick house on Four Seasons Boulevard eventually expanded into a chain of nearly 300 retail outlets, died on Saturday after a period of declining health. He was 76. Read Story »
Tags: Bub Hyder | HHS Alumni Association | retail | Gary Jones | Loren Wells | Bon Worth
Tags: retail | Highlands Square shopping center | Wal-Mart | Target
Tags: Blue Ridge Mall | retail | Ask Matt
The owner of the Blue Ridge Mall has launched a series of promotions to "re-energize" mall shopping through events that will include a mural contest, shopping events that support of local nonprofits and Sports Zone, a youth-oriented night out at the mall. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Mall | retail | Four Seasons Boulevard
While many shoppers were under the impression that the Bon Worth Factory Outlet had closed, the retailer's chief financial officer assured business leaders and the press that such talk was greatly exaggerated. Read Story »
Tags: retail
Residents who shop and dine at Henderson County stores and restaurants through Dec. 18 can enter a drawing to win a gift package. Read Story »
FLAT ROCK — The Singleton Centre has been bought by a commercial real estate broker who promises improved signage and more coordinated shopping events by the center’s tenants. Read Story »
Tags: retail | commercial property sales | Jane Singleton | Singleton Centre | Sid Blythe
Tags: retail | Goodwill Industries
Matt Matteson, the Lightning's intrepid researcher, answers readers' questions. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Ask Matt | Triangle Stop | Erle Stillwell
The Hendersonville Community Co-op has “good problems,” said community outreach coordinator Gretchen Cummin. Sometimes the parking lot is full. Born as a buying club in 1978, the member-owned grocery is all grown up. Read Story »
Tags: supermarkets | retail
Ingles Supermarkets has revived its development plans for a new superstore on Spartanburg Highway in a high stakes retail battle with Fresh Market and a potential Publix to the west and Harris Teeter across the road. Read Story »
Tags: supermarkets | retail | south gateway | Ingles
Starbucks has filed a development plan to build its first standalone store in Henderson County. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Four Seasons Boulevard | Starbucks
Does the new Asheville Outlets shopping center pose a threat to Hendersonville retailers? Read Story »
Tags: retail | I-26 | Hendersonville Business Advisory Committee | 2015 economy
A counter movement to the big-box store and shopping mall oriented Black Friday, Small Business Saturday is gaining momentum as a holiday event to encourage shoppers to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and local. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Downtown Hendersonville | retail | Black Friday
When leaders of the Hendersonville Community Co-Op began thinking seriously about a new building, they relied on a spirit that gave birth to the cooperative and has sustained it for 36 years. Read Story »
Tags: supermarkets | retail
A sporting goods chain store opening in the Blue Ridge Mall this fall is holding a job fair this week to fill 50 jobs. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Mall | retail
Michigan-based Dunham's Sports will anchor the eastern end of the Blue Ridge Mall with a 65,000-square-foot space devoted to sporting goods. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Mall | retail
A Hendersonville auctioneer plans to hold auctions and liquidation sales and rent small "microstore" spaces in a block building that used to house the All Creatures Great & Small animal shelter. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Historic Seventh Avenue
The Hendersonville City Council has got plenty of listening to do before it decides how to proceed with Seventh Avenue redevelopment. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Historic Seventh Avenue
Twenty-one artists are displaying their work in the 9th annual Laurel Park Village Sidewalk Art Show Friday and Saturday. Read Story »
Tags: Laurel Park | retail
Sage Gourmet owners Laurie Bakke and Chrissy Filka have opened a lower-level wine cellar stocked with wines from all over the world. Many of the bottles are from small vineyards and are not available at area supermarkets. Read Story »
Bass Pro Shops, the popular retailer specializing in hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor gear, announced plans Wednesday to open a store in Spartanburg County in 2016. Read Story »
Tags: retail
Shoppers flocked to the new Stein Mart on Thursday and browsed among new lines of men's clothes and housewares in addition to women's clothing. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Southgate Shopping Center
Falderal Winery, a downtown wine shop at 131 Third Ave. West, is closing next week. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Downtown Hendersonville | retail | Henderson County wine industry
The father-and-son Boyd team showed off their new dealership on Spartanburg Highway last Thursday and thanked customers, contractors and others who helped make it happen. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Boyd Chevrolet | Cam Boyd | Les Boyd | auto dealerships
Moose Café, a breakfast-lunch-and-supper restaurant that specializes in a traditional Southern menu of cathead biscuits, sawmill gravy, buttermilk fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, collard greens and other country-style favorites, is coming to Hendersonville. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | retail | Highlands Square shopping center
Q. What are they going to put in the old Atlanta Bread restaurant? They are gutting the whole building from wall to wall. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Ask Matt | Highlands Square shopping center
Old Towne Market has moved from Locust Street to 310 Seventh Avenue East beside Southern Traditions Florist. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Historic Seventh Avenue
There is plenty to be thankful for this week, as long as we don't start outside. Read Story »
Henderson County Sheriff Charlie McDonald has issued tips to shoppers on ways to avoid parking lot thefts, credit card theft and gift card theft during the holdiday season. Read Story »
Tags: retail
Q. What happened to the idea of a connector road and shopping center between Seventh Avenue and MLK Boulevard near Lowes? Read Story »
Tags: retail | Historic Seventh Avenue
A development group that included Henderson County Commissioner Tommy Thompson has pulled a rezoning request that could have led to a new Dollar General store in Tuxedo. Read Story »
Tags: Tuxedo | retail | Tuxedo Community Park | Henderson County Commissioner Tommy Thompson
Matt answers your questions. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Downtown Hendersonville | retail | Main Street Advisory Committee | Ask Matt | Kellogg Center | Bearfootin' | Asheville Highway
TUXEDO — If everything falls into place, residents of southern Henderson County could be getting a Dollar General store. Read Story »
Tags: land-use planning | Tuxedo | retail | Tuxedo Community Park | Henderson County Commissioner Tommy Thompson
Q. I have heard rumors that Kohl's department store is moving into the K-Mart space at the Blue Ridge Mall. True or false? Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Mall | retail | Ask Matt
Fresh Market, the popular upscale grocery store anchoring Southgate shopping center, on Saturday officially unveiled its newly remodeled and enlarged space that includes more prepared food to go, locally made products and expanded food sections. Read Story »
Tags: supermarkets | retail | Southgate Shopping Center | Fresh Market
Q. Why did Hendersonville's new water meters cost twice as much as Asheville's? Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Lightning | supermarkets | retail | water issues | Ask Matt
Publix Super Markets Inc. announced Friday it is opening a store on Hendersonville Road in south Asheville, a move that could add to the speculation that the popular Florida-based supermarket will next target Hendersonville. Read Story »
Tags: supermarkets | retail
Trader Joe's, the specialty food store known for its discount wine and creative snacks, plans to open its new Asheville store on Sept. 27. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Trader Joe's
Wayfinding. Log it in. It's the newest buzzword to solve downtown parking problems. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Downtown Hendersonville | retail | downtown parking
Belk in the Blue Ridge Mall kicks off a 125th anniversary celebration Wednesday morning with a birthday cake, awards to longtime employees, a three-piece country band and gift cards ranging in value from $5 to $1,000 for the first 100 customers. Read Story »
Tags: Blue Ridge Mall | retail | Belk department stores
Larry Rogers, the executive director of the Partners for Economic Progress, has hair-trigger radar for government decisions that block or hinder business. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County land-use plan | retail
Biltmore Square Mall will become an outlet mall next year, a developer says. Read Story »
Tags: retail
The Hendersonville City Council voted Thursday night to close unused right-of-way to make way for a new super Ingles on Spartanburg Highway — over the objections of property owners who said the road closings and development would limit access to their property. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville City Council | retail | south gateway | Ingles
The Blue Ridge Humane Society is opening a second thrift store that will sell appliances, power tools, yard implements and building supplies. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Blue Ridge Humane Society
Historic Downtown Hendersonville merchants are launching a new program aimed at encouraging local residents to shop downtown. Read Story »
Get ready, girls. Read Story »
Tags: Finders Keepers | retail | thrift stores
Richie Burlett's grandfather, Clif Shipman, had a dream. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | retail
Southside retail continues to pop. Read Story »
Tags: supermarkets | retail | south gateway | Ingles
The Hendersonville Community Co-op plans to open a new store open next year, having closed last month on the purchase of two acres across Spartanburg Highway from its current South Grove Street building. Read Story »
Tags: supermarkets | retail | Hendersonville Community Co-Op
Downtown Hendersonville businesses were encouraged by the foot traffic and buying over the Christmas holidays. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Downtown Hendersonville | retail | Main Street makeover projects | Main Street Advisory Committee
The Hendersonville City Council approved big changes to Southgate Shopping Center, clearing the way for Fresh Market and Stein Mart expansions and improvements that will make the parking lot more orderly and attractive and less like a life-size bumper car floor. Read Story »
Tags: retail | Southgate Shopping Center
The biggest business news of the year could be summed up in a word that local leaders would not have associated with economic growth 30 years ago: alcohol. Read Story »
Tags: business | Sierra Nevada | Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards | retail | Burntshirt Vineyards | Southgate Shopping Center | construction
WTZQ announced the winner of a $1,600 Holiday Shopping Spree on Wednesday. Read Story »
A year from now, shoppers may not recognize Southgate shopping center. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville City Council | retail | Southgate Shopping Center | south gateway
The Doctors of Junkology are at it again. Read Story »
Tags: Finders Keepers | retail
A visitor from South Carolina drove up to the Tractor Shed on Labor Day weekend, unaware that it had gone out of business. She was shocked to learn that it had closed. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | retail
BREVARD — Mike Cianciarulo learned the supermarket trade at upscale market Gooding's and sharpened his marketing skills competing with the popular Publix supermarkets in Florida. Fletcher-based Earth Fare hired him as CEO in 1998. Read Story »
Tags: Food Matters Market | supermarkets | retail