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C Spire unveiled new retail store prototype on Coast

MBJ Staff — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:35:05 +0000

GULFPORT — Ridgeland-based C Spire Wireless has opened its new 3,800-square-foot prototype retail store in Gulfport. The new store, located at 9277 Highway 49, features C Spire’s latest open floor plan design, wireless devices, feature and smart phones and accessories, as well as the company’s personalization program. The Gulfport store has a hands-on design to [...]

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Cowboy Maloney’s buys Persnickety Kitchens’ inventory

MBJ Staff — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:45:08 +0000

MADISON and JACKSON — Cowboy Maloney’s Appliance, Electronics and Bedding Superstores is purchasing the appliance inventory from Persnickety Kitchens on 101 Depot Drive in Madison. Terms were not disclosed. There will be no change in the Persnickety Gifts and Accessory Shop in Madison on 2078 Main Street, according to a release from Jackson-based Cowboy Maloney’s. [...]

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Local Main Street programs earn national accreditation

MBJ Staff — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:26:23 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi Main Street Association cities have been designated as accredited National Main Street Programs for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Main Street Center. The cities are Aberdeen, Amory, Baldwyn, Batesville, Bay St. Louis/Waveland, Belhaven, Biloxi, Booneville, Canton, Carthage, Cleveland, Clinton, Columbia, Columbus, Corinth, Greenville, Greenwood, Gulfport, [...]

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Local trucker joins class-action lawsuit against Pilot Flying J

Associated Press — Tue, 28 May 2013 21:42:10 +0000

HOLMES COUNTY — Another truck driver is suing Pilot Flying J over allegations that the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer bilked customers out of rebates. Mike Campbell of Holmes County filed the class-action lawsuit last week in federal court in Jackson. The lawsuit, which is at least the eighth filed against the company, refers to [...]

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Hancock sees greatly improved numbers, but still posts losses

MBJ Staff — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:25:05 +0000

BALDWYN — Hancock Fabrics Inc. is reporting improved financial results for its fourth quarter ended Jan. 26 and full fifty-two weeks of fiscal 2012. For the quarter, net sales increased to $81.7 million, compared to $81.4 million for the fourth quarter of last year. Comparable store sales for the quarter increased 1.4 percent on top [...]

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Demolition to begin at sites for retail center, casino

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:39:03 +0000

D’IBERVILLE — The city of D’Iberville is clearing the way for another major retail center along Interstate 10 and a casino on Back Bay. A developer has acquired nearly 80 acres at the I-10 junction with Interstate 110. The homes and businesses there will come down by the end of the year and Mayor Rusty [...]

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After 30 years, children’s clothing business relocating to Texas

Associated Press — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:32:34 +0000

NATCHEZ — Kelly’s Kids, which has operated its children’s clothing operation in Mississippi and Louisiana for 30 years, will move to Texas in 2014. Kelly’s Kids products are sold by representatives who host in-home parties and through the Internet and catalog. Its sole retail store is an outlet in Natchez where the company now is [...]

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Old bowling alley getting new life as retail center

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:43:49 +0000

VICKSBURG — Crews are clearing away the old Red Carpet Lanes bowling alley to make way for a retailing center on Clay Street. The Vicksburg Post reports the sale of the property closed last week. The new owners are Baton Rouge, La.-based developers Michael and Mitch Kimble of Kimble Development. Four buildings are in the [...]

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Retailer expanding, buying former Viking Cooking School site

MBJ Staff — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:31:35 +0000

RIDGELAND — Cowboy Maloney’s Appliance, Electronics and Bedding Superstores is expanding its Ridgeland location by acquiring the recently closed Viking Cooking School space. The store will be known as Cowboy’s Kitchens. The cost of the acquisition was not disclosed. Since its inception of the, the Viking Store by Cowboy Maloney’s in Ridgeland has seen an [...]

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Council action clears way for major mall redevelopment

Associated Press — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:36:39 +0000

GAUTIER — The Gautier City Council has approved a development and reimbursement agreement that would allow plans for the Singing River Mall to proceed. With the approval of the agreement between the city, Wal-Mart, Singing River Mall and SM Properties Gautier LLC, mall developers can now begin the design of the open-air mall. The Sun [...]

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