It’s no secret that this year has been the pits. With the ongoing pandemic things have been bleak. It’s been especially bleak for all of the small businesses trying to hang on. Now that the holidays are quickly approaching I have whipped...
Once Thanksgiving has come through, it’s officially the holiday season. Which means it is also gift giving season. If you are looking for some great gift ideas I am going to point you to the direction of the Renaissance Center for its forth...
The holiday season is un-officially officially here with the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony mere hours away. This means that the folks over at Bedrock and Quicken Loans Community Fund have been busy getting the Downtown Detroit Winter Markets ready...
The upscale clothing retailer Madewell has opened up a new store in the newly redeveloped Shinola Block in downtown Detroit. That’s on Woodward in a row of historic buildings where the new Shinola Hotel is going in. What’s neat about this location...
The popular Peacock Room will be opening a new pop-up shop in the Detroit Opera House. The pop-up will go through the current season of the Michigan Opera Theatre. The store is known for vintage style women’s clothing, accessories, stationary and...
Whole Foods delivery is coming to Detroit. Amazon, the parent company for the national grocery chain, is expanding delivery to its Prime members in Ann Arbor and Detroit with their Prime Now service. This is part of a wave of 10 cities seeing new...
On Friday I had the chance to check out the newest store to open in New Center. Ferne Boutique is a contemporary women’s clothing and accessory store. When did flare jeans come back in style? I feel old. Not only is there some really cute clothes...
Today is the soft opening for the Detroit Shipping Company, the new food court/biergarden/art gallery/event space made out of shipping containers in Midtown the lower Cass Corridor. While it doesn’t open for real until July 30, we got a chance...
Activity at the site of the $8 million 7.Liv mixed-use development has entered a new phase with the demolition of a former pharmacy next to the long-vacant B. Siegel Department Store on the corner of 7 Mile and Livernois on Detroit’s Avenue of...
Remember that Winter Market that happened in downtown Detroit over the holidays? Well, it turns out retail in downtown Detroit is a really popular idea with shoppers. So a version for Spring and Summer is coming back. We caught up with reporter and...
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte podcast for May 23rd, 2018. Here are your stories for today. – Detroit’s bond rating has been upgraded by Moody’s. We talk about how increased tax collections have improved Detroit’s...
Could Commerce Township get a new shopping district? Commerce Township, located in western Oakland County, could get a new $100 million dollar open-air shopping district. The development would be similar to The Mall at Partridge Creek in Clinton...
The local internet is abuzz with the nod to Detroit that Nick Jonas gave to Detroit at the Grammys with a shirt that had, in stencil lettering, “Detroit” on it. The shirt is one that he has a stake in promoting as one of many who are...
New Hudson might not be the first place you think of for a pop-up shop, but hear me out. A local candle and sign business, Motor City Creations has started their own monthly pop up. I took the drive out to New Hudson in Oakland County to check out...
Get your calendars out because it’s time to start making plans. The popular vendor market and food truck rally, All Things Detroit will be returning to Eastern Market for three markets in 2018. The 2018 dates will be: Sunday, March 25 Sunday...
