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FCC reviews plans to sell Harford station If the Federal Communications Commission approves, a group of investors will buy WHRF-AM, the Bel Air radio station that has been off the [...]

Sports Authority opens Warehouse retailers such as office product superstore Staples and the one-stop Leedmark are making a name for themselves in Baltimore, but what are sports fans supposed to [...]

Annapolis, Columbia, Marley Station malls expanding Like Towson Town Center before it, the announcement that Nordstrom is coming to Annapolis Mall has lit a fire under the mall's other anchor [...]

Maryland retail association still hard-selling its issues In 1948, Maryland initiated its retail sales tax. That was all it took to light a fire under the small Baltimore Retail Merchants [...]

Another developer pulls out of Food Lion deal in Carroll Patient Food Lion officials say they still want to open a supermarket in the Englar Business Park in Westminster, although [...]

Last March it was supposed to reopen as Billy Bob's Baltimore, a rootin' tootin' entertainment complex run by a New Orleans-based good ole boy. March came and went, and officials [...]

The owner of Winchester's, the Water Street bar and comedy club that has been trying to free itself from Chapter 11 bankruptcy since 1987, is entertaining offers to sell the [...]

Resnick is still a |long way' from buying into Belvedere Despite earlier reports, Baltimore caterer Martin Resnick this week said he has a 'long way to go' before coming to [...]

Staples buys superstore sites Staples didn't waste time taking over the two local Office Stop stores it recently purchased from its bankrupt parent company. The two stores, one on Goucher [...]

More stores at Annapolis Harbour Three more stores have opened at Annapolis Harbour Center, still under construction at Route 2 and Patuxent Boulevard. Foot Locker, a national footwear chain, Enchanted [...]

2nd pr firm sues McCourt for payment Baltimore ad agency Boucher, Boucher & Yuhanick's has queued up at the end of a line of mechanics' liens and lawsuits filed against [...]

Sarmiento hoping white is the hot color of the 1990s Fashion experts may say black is basic, but Richard Sarmiento's money is riding on cool, classic white. Founder of The [...]

Taste Publications believes its coupons are a smart buy With the slowdown in the economy, merchants and consumers alike are looking for some good deals. Business owners want sales increases [...]

What would you do for an ad contract? Whatever sells. How tough is it to get an ad contract these days? So tough that some advertising agencies have resorted to [...]

Ad agencies assess impact of merger Ad executives around town are still assessing the impact of the recent merger of VanSant Dugdale and Gray Kirk & Evans to form Gray [...]

Fox 45 station manager fired just weeks after news debut Less than one month after the debut of 'Fox 45's News at Ten,' WBFF-TV station manager Bruce Lumpkin, widely credited [...]

Bankrupt Columbia Hilton now owned by largest creditor The financially ailing Columbia Hilton is now owned by its largest creditor. On June 13, Washington, D.C.-based LCP Hotels Inc. took control [...]

Flite Three changes its flight plan as ad work slumps When its owners decided to expand Flite Three Studios in the early 1980s, there were plenty of skeptics. The expansion, [...]

Soundwaves blames malls for troubles Blaming disruptive construction in three shopping centers where it is a tenant, Baltimore-based Soundwaves Records & Tapes filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 [...]

It's not like 1989, but car sales started blooming in May In the two weeks since Memorial Day, Russell Toyota in Catonsville has sold in excess of 100 cars. 'Business [...]

If Fair Lanes Inc. has anything to do with it, the sport of bowling will soon mean more than throwing a ball down an alley and chugging beers. In the [...]

Barry Blau & Partners, an advertising agency with offices in Baltimore, Fairfield, Conn., New York and Chicago, has been awarded several direct marketing projects from Hechinger Co., the Landover-based do-it-yourself [...]

Itching to get into the Washington/Northern Virginia market, Lucas Bros., the largest office product dealer based in Baltimore, has purchased Southern Office Supply, a 51-year-old company in Chantilly, Va. Neither [...]

It looks like Timothy F. Finley, chairman and chief executive officer of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., has decided to stay a spell. Finley, the turn-around wiz known for coming [...]

Baltimore-area Burlington Coat Factory stores have been handing out mor than deep discounts to their customers lately. In a lobbying frenzy, the discounter has waged a campaign in support of [...]

The litter in the infield at Pimlico has been swept away and the horses have all gone home, but now Preakness Celebration Inc. must deal with a $500,000 lawsuit filed [...]

Eisner to spread the word on words Eisner & Associates will handle advertising for Baltimore Reads Inc., the private, non-profit organization established through the efforts of Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke [...]

VanSant wins back some Blue Cross dollars Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland has awarded its corporate image advertising account to VanSant Dugdale & Co. VanSant was in the [...]

Management shift at Lucas puts Dvores in CEO chair Six months after a reorganization that repalced both its president and chairman, Lucas Bros. Inc., Baltimore's largest office supply company, has [...]

Bell splits with Freed After just three months, the Bob Bell Automotive Group and advertising agency Freed & Associates have parted ways. 'It just didn't work out,' said Bob Bell, [...]

Choice's suitcase to go international Choice Hotels International has awarded its international marketing and advertising account to the Donaldson Group, a San Francisco-based agency with an international connection as sister [...]

Family goes through growing pains Maryland Family, the monthly magazine started last year by veteran television anchor person Rudy Miller, has gone through some growing pains in recent months. Though [...]

After indictment, Tower files Ch. 11 Two months after being indicted on 44 felony counts by a Harford County grand jury, Harford County investor John W. Tower has sought protection [...]

That old Fells Point spirit is wearing thin on residents With a quirky bar on nearly every cobblestoned street corner, Baltimore's Fells Point has gained a reputation as one fun-loving [...]

Egghead closes downtown Egghead Discount Software, a national retailer of software and computer accessories, closed its store in downtown Baltimore on April 13. The closing was part of a 'strategic [...]

D'Antoni resurrects Harry Looking for a newspaper with even more of a different point of view than The City Paper? Try looking backwards. Harry, the Baltimore's underground newspaper from two [...]

Bel Air gets state funds Bel Air soon may start up a commercial district management authority, similar to the retail districts in the city and in Towson and Pikesville. With [...]

Two stations set strategy for holy war Easter is over but the battle of the gospel radio stations has just begun. WWIN-AM, the low-rated urban contemporary station nearly bought last [...]

Suit won't stop chain's sale to Merry-Go-Round An involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy suit filed by four disgruntled creditors against a California retailer is not expected to stop the purchase of [...]

Papier closes North Avenue site, blames slow economy Five years after moving into the Baltimore Design Resource Center on North Avenue, Papier Design Group is closing its large downtown showroom [...]

Despite steady sales, leasing, mallstalls expansion plans The Mall in Columbia has fared well during the last year's recession scare, with a respectable sales increase in 1990 and a 98 [...]

`Green' store opens in Towson Did you know that if 10,000 Baltimore families installed low flow aerators on their sinks, 33 million gallons of fresh water could be saved each [...]

Trade group opposes rules on lawyer ads From the looks of most television commercials for lawyers, what with all the bland testimonials, less-than-stellar acting and amateurish car crash re-enactments, there's [...]

Emery closes, execs form new firm With the retirement of agency president and owner Louis Mathai, Emery Advertising, the 63-year-old advertising agency based in Hunt Valley, has closed up shop. [...]

Choices cuts expansion plan after underwriter dissolves Choices Entertainment Corp., the Baltimore-based company trying to make a name for itself in the video superstore industry, has put its ambitious expansion [...]

Ross opens first Annapolis store Those discount retailers just keep pouring into Baltimore. The latest to add a store here is Ross Dress for Less, which just opened a 26,250-square-foot [...]