Yet another Wegmans tease for D.C., and T.J.Maxx opens its 1,000th store—in downtown D.C. more ›

Prince of Petworth is getting all alarmist today with a rumor that the Best Buy store in Columbia Heights is on the chopping block. Not so fast. The company says it hasn't finalized a decision about that location. more ›

Wal-Mart has announced that it only plans on opening one store in 2013, pushing back plans for the five remaining stores it has planned for D.C. more ›

Though rumors of its arrival have been around since 2009, it looks like a Costco will finally be built in Northeast D.C. next year. more ›

The second piece of big Walmart-related news to be revealed in the last few days, courtesy of Michael Neibauer: the retailer and the District have come to terms on a citywide community benefits agreement which outlines several conditions regarding Walmart's six proposed D.C. stores. more ›

While residents who lept at the chance to live near Nationals Park early in the going might be frustrated at the lack of neighborhood amenities to spring up over the past five years, there's one portion of the revamped area which has at least made some progress: the Yards development. more ›

As we noted yesterday, Walmart will add two more stores to its existing plans to construct four in the District in the coming years. Not surprisingly, that has some people very happy, and others very concerned. more ›

Big retail and development news tonight from the Washington Post's Nikita Stewart, who reports that tomorrow, Walmart and Mayor Vince Gray will announce the retailer's plans to build two more stores in upcoming years, in addition to four already-planned outlets. more ›

Not one, but two pieces of exciting 14th Street business news have come across our desk today. more ›

The Safeway grocery at the Watergate complex -- often referred to as the Senior Safeway due to its appeal to older residents who live in the complex -- will close on December 3, reports the Post's Jonathan O'Connell. more ›

It appears as if we were not the only ones who were intrigued by the little piece of retail rumor mongering in Steven Pearlstein's weekend column about the currently-under-construction CityCenterDC, in which "Apple, reportedly, is considering a flagship store for the project." more ›

Were you thinking about taking a late lunch this afternoon and swinging by one of the Apple Stores in Georgetown, Pentagon City, Clarendon or Bethesda to pick up the phone you can talk to? Tough luck. more ›

Denizens of Mid City, barraged with sad business news over the last few weeks, finally were handed a shred of positivity on Saturday -- Pulp, the much-loved gift and card shop with the iconic purple exterior at 1803 14th Street NW, will not be closing in November. more ›

After bankruptcy claimed the Borders bookstore at 1801 K Street NW, many wondered who would take up the space. Well, the storefront at least has a temporary replacement -- this year's FotoWeekDC photography festival, which will occupy the space for a week, beginning November 4. more ›

The small business exodus from the 14th Street corridor continues: last night, Borderstan reported that Pulp, the gift and card shop with the iconic purple exterior at 1803 14th Street NW, will be closing on November 23. more ›

Nightlife impresario Joe Englert may already own a good chunk of the bars on H Street NE, but he's still working to brand an area that has about as many identities as it does places to get a beer. more ›

Two of the four Walmarts planned inside the District's borders have cleared a major hurdle, clearing a review from the city's Office of Planning enabling them to move forward with construction as soon as permits from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs can be obtained. more ›

UPDATE (1:05 p.m.): The store's owner, Pixie Windsor, got in touch with us this afternoon -- and those of you in Adams Morgan and Bloomingdale could be the lucky recipients of a relocated Miss Pixie's. more ›

The District of Columbia has often experienced lengthy battles between communities and business owners over zoning. But to the city's credit, we don't recall there ever being a time when the city's political leadership went after a Girl Scout cookie stand. more ›

This morning, the District is expected to announce the donation of $3 million from the charitable arm of Walmart to establish job training programs around the city -- another in a series of donations which will serve to market the store as a stakeholder in the District. more ›

With vocal demonstrations, a strike by unionized Verizon workers has officially arrived around the D.C. region. more ›

Sarah Krouse of the Washington Business Journal provides an update on the plans for the southwest corner of the 14th and U Streets NW intersection, which will be the home to a as-yet-unnamed mixed-use project. more ›

Last month, news broke that Cathedral Pharmacy, a retail fixture along Connecticut Avenue NW, was facing a murky future due to a contract dispute with its medication distributor CVS Caremark. In response, Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh has requested that the city's Attorney General investigate whether or not the dispute represents unfair trade practices and a violation of District antitrust law. more ›

Several District officials, including Mayor Vince Gray, were on hand yesterday as the developers of 360º H Street, the 290,000-square-foot mixed use development along H Street NE which will house hundreds of luxury apartments and a new Giant grocery store, broke ground. more ›

The Wall Street Journal has news which will certainly come as no surprise -- Borders bookstore has failed in their attempts to find a buyer and will liquidate all of its stores nationwide. more ›

Some depressing news in today's Washington Post -- the future of Cathedral Pharmacy, which has been a fixture along Connecticut Avenue NW for over 80 years, is looking rather grim, due to a recent audit which will likely lead to CVS pulling its prescription contract with the pharmacy. more ›

You know it's a big deal when Mayor Vince Gray breaks out the TelePrompTer -- this morning, Gray talked up the specifics on the retail portion of the new Yards development along the Capitol Riverfront, which will include a new Harris Teeter, several restaurants and a craft brewery from Neighborhood Restaurant Group. more ›

Remember when we wondered how Walmart would react to Mayor Vince Gray's "build at Skyland or don't build at all" ultimatum? Today, the Big Blue Box announced that it's planning on opening up a location near National Harbor in Prince George’s County, reports Jonathan O'Connell. more ›

The District's bag tax has often been hailed as a massive success -- so much so that our neighbors in Montgomery County citing it when installing their own version of a similar five-cent fee on disposable bags. But that doesn't mean there aren't scofflaws out there. more ›

The District government's trip to Vegas for this year's International Council of Shopping Centers annual conference is in the books -- but the city's leaders aren't holding to the overplayed maxim regarding what happens there. The Post's Jonathan O'Connell has the big scoop this morning: Mayor Vince Gray informed representatives from Walmart during the conference that if they won't build an anchor store at the long-vacant Skyland Town Center, they can forget about building the other four stores they've planned inside the District. more ›