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Brazilian steakhouse experience hits Midlands suburbs
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Handcrafted silver jewelry line adorns Columbia
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Recovery brings new retailers to Columbia
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Spring fashions are in bloom in the Midlands
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Best Mattress gets television exposure on Sunday
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Urban Outfitters will open in the Vista in July
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Costco rumors swirl around the Midlands
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Columbia’s growing economy = less retail space
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Well-known Vista building to be renovated
After a quarter of a century on Main Street, the NAI Avant commercial real estate firm will move its offices into an iconic building in the Vista.
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Lake Murray’s ‘Eat, Boat, Live!’ opens this weekend
As a late spring chill fades and boating season arrives in full force, lake lovers have a new option on Lake Murray for dining, gassing up their boats – and even living.
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Columbia golf retailers expanding as Great Recession fades
Golf sales landed in the bunker during the Great Recession, but as the economy brightens, retailers are teeing up new options for Midlands-area duffers.
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Coffee shop joins Columbia’s Main Street revitalization
Drip opened at 1441 Main St. – on the street level of the Wells Fargo Building – less than a month ago and less than two years after bringing slow drip coffee to Five Points.
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Trader Joe’s to open soon; Kmart closing store in Columbia
An exact opening date for the much-anticipated Trader Joe’s grocery store at 4502 Forest Drive has not been set, said Alison Mochizuki, but the facility is moving closer to completion.
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Columbia Moe’s worker featured on ‘Undercover Boss’
Janet Moak watches the CBS reality show “Undercover Boss” every week. So the catering director for four Columbia-area Moe’s Southwestern Grill restaurants said she was stunned when she realized she had been set up to be on the show and never even suspected it.
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New Spa in W. Columbia; Trader Joe’s stays mum
Marci Delaney has opened an “intimate in-town oasis” in an old bank building at 131 State St. in West Columbia.
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Columbia pool store to move to Forest Drive
Jack Oliver Pools and Spas will triple its space and offer more outdoor living goods when it moves into a prime spot on Forest Drive in March.
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Retail’s year in review plus a look at what’s coming
Columbia got some cool stores this year with a promise of more on the way in 2013. Here’s a look back – and ahead:
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Shop Around: Moe Levy’s getting out of the ski business
Moe Levy’s is getting out of the ski business and shutting down more than half of the space at its longtime Assembly Street location.
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Some tips for holiday shopping
A few tips for keeping sane this holiday season, from Marianne Bickle, director of the Center for Retailing at the University of South Carolina.
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New art gallery opens on Columbia’s Rosewood Drive
Art lovers have a new option for viewing and creating art in the Rosewood community.




