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Stepping through the doors of the Harry J. Epstein Co. hardware and surplus shop in downtown Kansas City, Missouri is like stepping through time.At first…
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Hardware store memories are about more than that tell-tale hardware store smell. How the story of industry in Kansas City mirrors the story of hardware…
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The day after Thanksgiving remains the biggest shopping day of the year, but some researchers say that Black Friday is losing steam, as online shopping…
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A local blogger has collected and published photographs of the little corner grocery stores that used to fill Kansas City's midtown neighborhoods. It…
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This story was rebroadcast as part of our best-of 2015 series. It was originally reported in May 2015.Just a few years ago, downtown Hamilton, Missouri,…
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Metcalf South and Indian Springs were built when indoor shopping malls were cropping up all over the United States. Both rose to prominence and became…
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The pre-opening hype would be hard to deny. Just ask the people who spent two nights camping out to be among the first to enter the new Merriam IKEA on…
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When Chris Fleck began working on a commercial for the East Hills mall, he knew he wanted to go "different." He succeeded. The commercial has gone viral,…
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Swedish furniture retailer IKEA opens in Merriam, Kan., at 9 a.m. Wednesday, and a line has been forming outside of the store since Monday.IKEA's…
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Shopping malls across the city and across the nation are closing their doors or re-imagining their futures. With the recent closure of Metro North and a…
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Black Friday was ….well… Thanksgiving Thursday as many stores opened their doors for the holiday shop-a-ganza anywhere between 3 and 9 p.m.I went out to…
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Running low on Two Buck Chuck? If so, it may be time for a Trader Joe’s run.Almost a year has passed since the popular grocery entered the Kansas City…