Retail

A freshly revised report out today predicts strong economic growth in the Kansas City region. The Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University forecasts that jobs and sales will be almost back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year, despite massive job losses last spring.

Normally empty this time of year, aisles full of school supplies suggest that parents are taking a pass on purchases until they have more certainty about openings.

It's been a brutal two months for Oak Park Mall and the businesses there that have been deemed non-essential. But late Wednesday morning the mall will start to come out of its coma.

As stay-at-home orders start to lift, business owners are thinking about how best to protect their employees, customers, and profits.

When a Walmart employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus early in March, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear pointed a finger at big box retailers,…

Although it was set to close its retail stores on Friday evening because of the coronavirus pandemic, Nebraska Furniture Mart’s sprawling distribution…

Lots of people in Kansas City are ramping up for the AFC Championship game on Sunday. If the Chiefs win, they’ll play in the Super Bowl for the first time…

Segment 1: What's the deal with this Bike Plan that advocates are trying to push through?There is a plan for increasing bicycle safety in Kansas City…

Segment 1: How are grocery stores changing?Leon's Thriftway recently closed down in Kansas City, marking the end of an era for a black-owned business that…

A stretch of buildings in the heart of the historic Troost commercial district would be transformed into offices, retail space and a museum, under a plan…

Tony Ross lives in the small town of Peculiar, Missouri, now, but he was shopping at Leon’s Thriftway on East 39th Street days before the grocery business…

Twenty years ago, the stretch of Belton along U.S. Highway 71, now Interstate 49, looked a lot different than it does now. Only a few major retailers had…