Wawa is coming closer to D.C., but remains hesitant to dive into the city proper. more ›

A little post-lunch, pre-dinner reading that includes big questions and things to do, see and read. more ›

Holiday shopping not done? Stop by a D.C. museum for gift memberships and presents like Corcoran student art, handpainted scarves, and mini astronaut suits. 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 ›

Tis the season for holiday markets, bringing the work of artists and crafters into D.C., the focus of the latest entry in our series of holiday shopping guides that focus on small businesses and local stores, producers and purveyors. more ›

DCist contributor James Calder stumbled upon quite an interesting site this morning -- a taxicab that had apparently lost control and found its way onto the steps of the Chevy Chase Pavilion in Friendship Heights. more ›

The shopping madness that follows Thanksgiving Day is a boon for some, a bummer for others. It offers not-to-be-missed price reductions on much needed consumer goods, or represents just one more indication of our society's inevitable downfall. There are always alternatives, though. Here are a few. 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 ›

To avoid the mad Black Friday rush (or perhaps extend it), some large retailers have come up with a brilliant solution: just open at midnight on Thanksgiving Thursday and let people start shopping then! 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 ›

The Washington Business Journal reports that another Wegmans supermarket is coming to the area, but the force field around our fair city that has kept the grocer beyond the Beltway stubbornly remains in place. more ›

This morning, District officials were on hand as the ribbon was cut at the District's first ALDI grocery store, located at 901 17th Street NE. 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 ›

Fairfax County police are searching for Johnny D. Guillen Pimentel, a 40-year-old man who they believe is connected to a string of assaults committed against women inside various retail outlets this summer. more ›

In previous weeks, DCist had deemed weekend news of the man slashing women’s butts in Fairfax County shopping malls suitable for the “Crime in Brief,” but the incidents have become so pervasive and with Fairfax County authorities still struggling to catch the suspect, it will no longer be relegated to a roundup. At least nine women have come forward claiming they’ve been slashed or stabbed in the butt since February, and now Fairfax County police have created an internal task force to coordinate the many leads and calls about the case to find the attacker. more ›

The number of women who have reported being stabbed or slashed by a man in Fairfax County has now increased to nine, after three more women came forward. more ›

It's tax-free shopping time again -- traditional back-to-school sales tax exemptions takes place in Virginia from August 5-7, while Maryland's 6 percent sales tax will be waived between August 14-20. more ›

UPDATE (2:30 p.m.): The AP has expanded on their original wire dispatch, including some more detail on the number of bags used in D.C. last year. Jessica Gresko reports that the city used approximately 55 million bags in 2010, which is still an incredible decrease from the 270 million bags a year Washington shoppers were using before the tax's introduction. more ›

Good Morning, Washington. It's your last shopping weekend before Christmas: so get thee out to local stores and markets and buy your last-minute gifts. I'll certainly be heading out to Eastern Market for some shopping and to see a Tommy Claus tomorrow. more ›

It's that time of the year: Thanksgiving is over, you've likely already started shopping for gifts, time to buy a Christmas tree. After all, the Obamas already received theirs. more ›

Black Friday has been hyped for years as a day to do your blow out shopping at the area malls. This year, whether you shopped yesterday or not, go to a small, local businesses and buy some unique, interesting gifts (for you and your friends and family). While I'm loath to write about an event supported by American Express, I think Small Business Saturday is a great way to support your favorite local business that can't offer door busters at 3 am but offer goods that you could never find at a national retailer. So visit some shops along 14th and U, in Eastern Market, Dupont Circle, Georgetown, Logan Circle, or your neighborhood, and support your local, independently owned retailers. more ›

Brace yourself: the first Walmart rendering is out, and it actually looks...good. In addition to reporting on the retail behemoth's concession "to consider an array of layouts, designs and parking arrangements," the Post's Jonathan O'Connell did the internets a favor yesterday and shared three high-quality renderings of the proposed Walmart which would be constructed at 801 New Jersey Avenue NW. more ›

Via Young and Hungry, it looks like Target is giving away free groceries at Union Station today. The big box retailer, who will be opening a much-anticipated fresh grocery section inside its Columbia Heights store on Sunday (and, hopefully, retrofitting its beer aisle to something wider than two feet), is giving away out tote bags in front of the West Hall of Union Station until 5:30 p.m. If anyone reading this works near Union Station and goes to pick up one of the bags, we'd love to hear all about your haul. more ›

This morning, the Washington City Paper (in association with The Kojo Nnamdi Show) released what they are dubbing the "The Coolest Political Poll D.C.'s Ever Seen." It's hard to argue that claim. Sure, there's a lot of the stock mayoral polling conclusions in the numbers: young, white transplants who think that the city has gotten better over the last four years tend to skew Fenty; older, more entrenched residents who are aching for a change go for Gray. But kudos to the City Paper and WAMU for asking Washingtonians the real questions. You know, like whether people who have spent more than $25 at a restaurant in the last thirty days utilized a city swimming pool this summer. (Turns out it's about half and half.) more ›

In this morning's roundup, I mentioned that Virginia's sales tax holiday kicks off on Friday. Turns out that Maryland's sales tax holiday also begins this weekend and lasts for a week. But if you've been waiting all summer to take advantage of the break on sales taxes to buy clothes and other such "school supplies" in D.C., don't hold your breath. If you've forgotten, the city repealed the summer sales tax holiday last year, in an attempt to save $640,000 in tax revenues. (Of course, given that the city is currently missing out on, oh, $170 million or so in tax revenue, that figure sure feels like a little drop in a very big bucket.) Of course, there's nothing stopping you from just hopping on over to our neighbors to get a little discount: sales tax on clothing and footwear priced at $100 or less won't be charged through Sunday in Virginia and through August 14 in Maryland. more ›

We had been hearing whispers that the huge new Forever 21 at 1020 G Street NW would be opening up this weekend. But thanks to an email advertising a sale at the location, we can now confirm that the grand opening for the chain's first D.C. location will be on Saturday, July 17 at 10 a.m. more ›

Will us Washingtonians finally get the chance to submit our hilariously crazy images to People of Walmart? Maybe! more ›

Huge local business news from the Washington Post's Michael Rosenwald. Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade, owners of the storied independent bookstore Politics & Prose, have decided to put the shop up for sale. more ›