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The Edwards Brothers-Malloy merger created one of the country’s largest book printers. Now it just has to survive wary publishers, canny libraries, and the rise of e-books.The two time-honored book printers have been...

Torie Wyant, marketing coordinator for Amish Tables, says the company showroom planned to move from Scio Township to downtown Plymouth in mid-May. Though the company ships its handsome maple, cherry, and oak tables all over the...

Garden Connections, says real estate broker Oleg Michajlenko of A2A Realty Advisors, closed its shop on Jackson Rd. in December and moved to Monroe. Garden Connections was the hydroponic store on the north side of Jackson, next...

The Wild Side Smoke Shop has opened a branch on East Liberty–the original store in the Courtyard Shops opened about three years ago. Sean, the courteous and well-spoken young man who works there full time (though he claims...

There was supposed to be a waffle shop on Fourth Ave., but you can’t serve waffles without juice. Noah Goldsmith signed a lease for a Fourth Ave. space to start the Wafel Shop, a coffee shop serving two kinds of Belgian...

Back in the early 1960s, young Howard Cooper wanted to buy a Chevy dealership. From a car family–his dad had a Dodge dealership in Kalamazoo–he knew how to sell cars. But he also knew that with the limited capital he...

Insomnia Cookies entered Ann Arbor last year on a truck, which used to park on State St. near William from dinner time until the wee hours, selling a dozen flavors of hot cookies baked right on the truck. Students loved it, but...

It’s hard to find anyone to speak on record about what happened to Piatto di Pasta in Stone Plaza. Nearby business owners are reluctant to pile on Michael DeCola, who had high hopes for his take-out pasta shop, and...

The local iteration of Dearborn’s Roma Bakery has more going on inside than you might expect from its funky, chalet-style facade. Located on Washtenaw just west of Golfside, it’s serving up quick,...

“Everybody just loved it. I got so many compliments on it, it was insane. I used it as a coat one day and a blazer the next,” says one of the customers Johnny Vaughn “dresses,” who dropped into the newly...

“Your mission,” my editor intoned, “should you decide to accept it, is to see if the rule holds true.” The rule is one of six laid down in May’s issue of the Atlantic magazine. Writer Tyler Cowan,...

Ann Arbor on the RiverA sunny day in late spring. You grab your sweetheart, buy a sack of cookies from a nearby bakery, and wander along the river. Soon you’re strolling the Argo Cascades, a scenic walkway along tumbling...

We received 182 entries correctly identifying last month’s Fake Ad for Creme de la Creme foods. Many entries referred to our new system of identifying the Fake Ad, in which the name of the contest winner from the previous...

“My sense is that the market is starting to turn,” says Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce executive director Bob Pierce about the newest business ventures in town. “Major investments can come to fruition now...