Miss Mercantile Marketplace
Nicole Barnhard is in a bit of a pickle with her Miss Mercantile Marketplace artisan boutique and vintage store.
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Dragonfly Earth Essentials
Tucked away downtown, Dragonfly Earth Essentials is a one-stop shop for ethically sourced stones, aromatherapy, sage bundles, and other necessities for metaphysical well-being. “I’m that person at work—people come to me and go, ‘This is what’s wrong with me. What potions do I need?’” says owner Jenny Olejnik, a Chelsea resident and former engineer.
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Concrete Chelsea Boardshop
When they heard about the coming of Holmes Family Park—with its brand-new skate park—Fred Rose and his son Christian knew what they had to do.
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The Enchanted Depot
Tara Brennan and Terri Long, best friends for decades and coworkers at a car dealership, shared a dream of going out on their own. “Tara has wanted to have a bookstore since she was three years old,” says Long. “I think she was born to have a bookstore.”
Read MoreChampions Moves the Party Across the Street
Longtime party store proprietor Robert Kesto, after losing his University Towers lease last year, has purchased Blue Leprechaun across South University. He’s converted the two-level student bar into the ground-level Champions Liquor retail store and a large basement space now known as Champs Lounge.
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Another Round of Drinks at University Towers
Keg N Bottle, a San Diego–based beer, wine, and spirits retailer, has succeeded Champions Liquor in a refreshed space in University Towers. It’s the family-owned chain’s first Michigan store and fourteenth overall, according to third-generation CEO Anthony Konja.
Read MoreKitchen Clutter Inspires Pokémon Parlor
Piles of Pokémon cards loitering on Lawrence Savoy’s kitchen table led to his wife Andrea’s encouragement to “do something with this,” Lawrence relates.
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For Clothes That Deserve a Second Chance
Sister-brother team envisions Purgatory Exchange as a judgment-free resale shop.
Read More“Adopted Son” Inherits Rendel’s Upholstery
As third-generation owners Mark and Marsha Rendel, who live across the street, inch toward retirement, they’ve sold the business to longtime employee Brehima Sidibe. Mark calls the Mali native “my adopted son.”
Read MoreFive Below Pops Up in Pittsfield
Oak Valley location opens ahead of Maple Village store closing.
Read MoreFlip Retro Plays the Nostalgia Card
A new trading spot for collectibles and video games.
Read MoreFly Paper Products Takes Walk-Ins
Along with the greeting cards and candles, they feature glassware, mugs, classic books, notebooks, tote bags, stickers, magnets, writing implements, natural wood bookmarks, teas, room sprays, and more.
Read MoreSwarovski Sparkles Again
A placid cornflower blue backdrop lets the Austrian crystals sparkle in the new Swarovski store near Briarwood Mall’s center court. Its previous mall presence, farther down the Von Maur wing, lasted about a decade until 2018.
Read MoreGoodwill’s Newest Store Is Fit for a “Book Town”
Goodwill Bookstore & Donation Center has opened on W. Stadium, a new chapter in Goodwill of Greater Detroit’s 105-year-old mission to serve people who have various barriers to employment.
Read MoreGame Pawn Adds a Maple Village Location
Friends since their high school days in Waterford Twp., Cam Sohrabi and Garrett Pyatt, now thirty, are teaming up on their fifth Game Pawn store, with grand opening giveaways set for May 1 in Maple Village.
Read MoreBongz & Thongz Moves Down the Street
Bongz & Thongz is moving next door into the smaller but newer space on E. Liberty recently vacated by Cinnaholic.
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Hyundai Asian Market Is Now Modu Mart
Locally sourced groceries and amenities galore.
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Harvest Market’s Briarwood Arrival
Locally sourced groceries and amenities galore.
Read MoreBold, Fluorescent Abstracts at Sareka Unique’s First Gallery
Sareka Unique has expanded from artwork in once-vacant Briarwood storefronts to a storefront of her own.
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