CLEVELAND – The West Side Market is scheduled to reopen on Monday, Feb. 18, after a recent fire shut it down for days. Cleanup has been completed on the Market, but the cause of the blaze remains undetermined. Officials deemed the building “structurally safe” on Tuesday during a news conference. Officials said to successfully reopen […]
CLEVELAND – The Home Depot is already preparing for its busy spring selling season, looking to hire 1,350 seasonal workers in the Cleveland area. Home Depot said half of the temporary positions turned into permanent employment with the company last year. Returning military servicemen/servicewomen and veterans who are interested in applying for a job can […]
CLEVELAND – The early morning fire at the West Side Market in Cleveland on Wednesday means the vendors will be missing out on much-needed income, so two local businesses are stepping up. No one was injured during the blaze, but the market is closed until further notice because of heavy smoke damage and soot covering […]
Barnes & Noble’s top store executive Mitchell Klipper has told the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) that the company plans the closure of at least 20 stores a year for the next decade. Since 2003, the company has shut an average of 15 stores a year – but it also opened more than 30 per […]
CLEVELAND – People working, visiting and living downtown Cleveland now have two more food options – and they’re located right next door to each other. Chipotle Mexican Grill and J. Gumbo’s opened their doors for the first time Thursday morning. They’re located at 224 Euclid Ave. and 226 Euclid Ave. – just west of the […]
NEW YORK – McDonald’s used the Dollar Menu to lift its profit in the latest quarter. Now the world’s biggest hamburger chain is turning to a pipeline of new menu items to boost slumping sales, starting with “Fish McBites.” The Oak Brook, Ill.-based company is betting that it will be able to beat back intensifying […]
CLEVELAND – The birth of food trucks in Cleveland a couple years has sparked a whole new concept on wheels – a T-shirt truck. Tony Madalone, the owner of Fresh Brewed Tees – a Cleveland-based and -focused clothing operation – announced he’s expanding his business to include a retail truck. Madalone, who owns a store […]
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio – A new movie theater and three new restaurants are coming this year to Great Northern’s Westfield Great Northern mall in North Olmsted. The additions will go in where the former food court was, between JCPenney and Sears. Officials said the movie theater will be a 10-screen Regal Cinema and so far, […]
CLEVELAND – A downtown Cleveland hotel, near the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, is getting a $64 million overhaul and a new restaurant. The Westin Cleveland Downtown, occupying the space that was once the Crowne Plaza Hotel on St. Clair Avenue, is set to open in spring 2014 after the renovations are complete. Ohio-based […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – As casino violations go it won’t make for the perfect subplot of the next Vegas-based Hollywood movie, nevertheless, the Ohio Casino Control Commission Wednesday issued its very first fine against a casino. The Horseshoe Casino Cleveland was fined $15,000 for using a particular version of software used in providing customers promotional slot […]
CLEVELAND – Holidays at the Higbee turned into a money maker for the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. The casino posted an adjusted gross revenue figure of $24.5 million in December. That’s a 19.7-percent increase over November’s number and the second highest total since the casino opened in May — behind June’s $26.1 million. Horseshoe posted its […]
NEW YORK –- Time Warner Cable pulled the plug on Current TV just hours after news of the cable channel’s sale to Al Jazeera became official. “This channel is no longer available on Time Warner Cable,” read an on-screen message where Current TV used to be found. Al Jazeera took a major step into the […]