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2 stores get surprise visit from the demolition crew

Susana Kopplin, an owner of Maya Palace, monitors the process of packing up the store and moving. She arrived Monday to find a demolition team at work just outside the store. The store must be out by tonight.

2 stores get surprise visit from the demolition crew

The demolition team tears off the roof of a former El Charro Restaurant at El Mercado. The site eventually will have a CVS pharmacy, but two current businesses were surprised to find demolition already under way.

2 Tucson stores get surprise visit from the demolition crew

A pair of local business owners got a surprise Monday morning when they drove up to find a demolition team at their plaza, ripping the roof off the former El Charro Restaurant.

Centsible Mom: Price check can help save money as you clean house

The days are longer and warmer, and the nights are still cool.

Time is now for UA Wildcat fans to buy Sweet 16 tickets

Optimistic UA Wildcat fans — or those who simply love college basketball — should be hunting for their Sweet 16 or Elite 8 tickets now, rather than later.

New Tucson store sells 'fresh' cosmetics

Lush, the "delicatessen of the skin-care world," is opening its first Tucson store today at La Encantada. The 722-square-foot store is looking to employ 20 to 30 part- and full-time workers.

Cosmetics store Lush opening store at Tucson's La Encantada

Lush, the “delicatessen of the skincare world,” is opening its first Tucson store today at La Encantada.

One cent frame sale at Aaron Brothers

If you need picture frames or canvas, now is the time to get them.

Smart shopping apps for smart phones

I love the fact that we can download apps onto our phones - often for free - that can help us be better and/or smarter shoppers.

'Cliff' worries, other bad news slow spending

ATLANTA - Christmas shoppers thronged malls and pounced on discounts but apparently spent less this year, their spirits dampened by concerns about the economy and the aftermath of shootings and storms.

Before heading to street fair, here are things you must know

Ronnie Diaz, with Granite Construction, removes debris from the crevices of the rail lines on North Fourth Avenue, as work on that section of the streetcar line winds down and prepares for the street fair this weekend.

Before heading to street fair, here are things you must know

The Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair is this weekend.

Santa is coming to town...early

Santa Claus is coming to town. No, really. At 9 a.m. Saturday at the Tucson Mall.

'Centsible Mom' seeking your Black Friday game plans

With Black Friday just around the corner, the Star’s “Centsible Mom” columnist wants to know what your shopping strategies are.

New retailer targets the credit-challenged

Conn's Home Plus is moving into a former Circuit City building at 5530 E. Broadway and expects to be open in time for holiday shopping. The company plans to hire some 40 sales associates.

New retailer focuses on credit-challenged

A furniture, appliance and electronics store that bills itself as catering to the "underserved and underbanked" is set to open by year's end in central Tucson.

Potato chip load goes up in smoke near Tucson

A trailer full of potato chips burned to a crisp during an early morning fire on the northwest side.

Tucson's W Boutique extends hours, hosts fashion 'happy hour'

Tucson's go-to place for name fashions open later.

Large, vacant spaces citywide subdivided into smaller stores

The former Circuit City big-box store at North Oracle and Wetmore roads is being sliced into two smaller spaces, which eventually will house a Cost Plus World Market and Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts.