As Ian and Brian Goldstein started considering opening Brothers Music in the Charles North neighborhood roughly four years ago, the plan seemed risky to some people. The idea for their business formed not long before Baltimore erupted into riots in ...

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Steve Appel, of Nouveau Home and Interior Design, Ian and Brian Goldstein, of Brothers Music, discuss how they keep their doors open in the ever challenging retail sector. State Sen. Bill Ferguson makes asks business leaders to invest in Baltimore.

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Klein Enterprises signed two retailers to leases at Marketplace at Fells Point, furnishing a small year-end boost to a sector in Baltimore grappling with negative perceptions of the city. Women’s boutique Mint & Major and restaurant Saffron Grill signed deals ...

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The demolished Owings Mills Mall, now a massive construction site, is a reminder that with the rise of internet shopping, an old model of retail is dead.

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A Maryland provider of exchange-traded funds launched new funds aimed at investors who want to benefit from the decline of brick-and-mortar stores. Bethesda-based ProShares’ new funds are called the ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF and the ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF. The Decline ...

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Commercial real estate’s retail sector, especially in urban areas, is expected to have another strong year nationwide. Baltimore isn’t expected to flourish at the level of Washington D.C., New York and Chicago, but the city is still anticipated to post ...

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Brick and mortar retail stores continue to hold their own against online retailers when it comes to back-to-school shopping. Shopping for school items is expected to accelerate during the next few weeks, and a recent nationwide survey by JLL found ...

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St. John Properties Inc. has started construction on 9,500 square feet of speculative inline retail in its Windsor Mill Office Park. The retail space will be adjacent an existing WaWa and will have direct visibility and access from North Rolling ...

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A former store manager with Johnston & Muprhy has sued the shoe retailer for allegedly firing him because for being too old. Kristin Fitzgerald, who is in his early 50s, also claims he "was subjected to a barrage of age-disparaging comments" by a supervisor, according to the lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

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A time lapse video shows how a massive crane was removed from the construction site in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood.

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