Subject: Retail Trade

• Detention Shoppers

  John Bender and crew live on at Biltmore’s Movies in the Park

  March 26, 2009

• Wine & Cheese Festival this weekend

  March 27, 2008

• What's happening in Phoenix for Record Store Day on April 19

  April 14, 2008

• Metallica goes diva on the Internet…again

  June 9, 2008

• Court Gives Green Light to Bashas' Defamation Lawsuit Against UFCW Local 99

  August 6, 2008

• It's Hard to Thai One On

  Singha beer, a staple of Thai food aficionados, is suddenly a rarity

  July 4, 1996

• Arty Girl: John Loring at Phoenix Art Museum

  October 27, 2008

• See Ya Later, Regulator

  February 17, 2000

• Best Video Rentals

  Movies on Central
  4700 North Central
  602-274-0994

  September 21, 2000

• Best Place to Wax Poetic About Eyeliner

  philosophy
  510 South Mill, Tempe
  480-968-2424

  September 21, 2000

• Best Place To Buy A Christmas Tree

  September 20, 2001

• BEST PLACE TO BUY NEW CDs

  Circles Records & Tapes

  September 18, 2003

• BEST WINE SELECTION

  Sportsman's Fine Wine & Spirits

  September 30, 2004

• Gun Sales Booming Because of Fears of Obama

  November 7, 2008

• Hot Links: Mom leaves kid home alone; Fire destroys 100 California homes; Brown cloud is back

  By Ray Stern Parent-of-the-year story in the Repub: Wasted mommy shows up at a daycare to pick up her 4-year-old daughter, but she had already driven the kid home hours before. Back at home, a neighbor finds the girl alone, eating Ovaltine powder from a can. Other news today: A wildfire in the Santa Barbara, California, area destroys 100 expensive homes. Retail sales slump - where are all the shopaholics when the economy needs them? Wake up and smell the brown cloud. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon a

  November 14, 2008

• Up on the Sun's Top 5 Entries of 2008

  Happy New Year, Phoenix. Here's one last look at 2008 with the top five blogs as determined by the sheer number of eyes that read them. Catch the top three slots after the jump. 5 - The Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour I want to be the kind of Nintendo fan that happily shrieks at the chance to play mini games. I wish that I didn't mind waiting three months between releases for another game worth playing. I'd like to embrace casual gaming as a new video game direction, but after visiting the N

  January 5, 2009

• Cigar Shop Owner Accused of Contracting to Have Wife and Her Family Killed

  A local cigar shop owner has been arrested by Phoenix police and accused of trying to hire a hitman to assassinate his wife, plus her parents and 17-year-old sister.Maricopa County Sheriff's Office mug shotDimitri Rozenman of Mesa had been upset at the terms of his divorce (recently finalized) when he planned the murders, police say. He's been charged with four counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and one count of criminal damage.According to a report by KTAR (92.3 FM), court recor

  February 20, 2009

• Z Gallerie Closing Leaves King-Sized Vacancy on Tempe's Mill Avenue

  The Z Gallerie stores on Mill Avenue in Tempe and at Scottsdale's Fashion Square Mall closed over the weekend after huge sales that saw quality home furnishings going for 75 percent off.While the mall still has big-name anchors like Nieman-Marcus and Dillard's, the funky furniture store was itself an anchor location for Mill Avenue. And it's doubtful the 16,000-square-foot store -- which was reportedly the largest retailer in downtown Tempe when it opened in 1997 -- will be replaced anytime soon

  March 2, 2009

• Sony Ruins eMusic's Indie Credibility, Raises Rates

  eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMusic -- one of the largest on the web -- made a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to feature Sony Music tracks through their service. eMusic, a New York-based company, has some 400,000 subscribers, gen

  June 3, 2009

• "Tiffany Style"

  October 23, 2008

• Wiener's Circle

  May 29, 2008

• Stick it to the Man

  April 17, 2008

• String Cheese

  November 29, 2007

• Tee and Sympathy

  Well . . . maybe not sympathy

  October 18, 2007

• Everyone Gets a Deal!

  The son of Napster moves to sign every unsigned band on Earth

  March 22, 2007

• Rage Against the MP3s

  The expensive stripper speaks out

  December 14, 2006

• No Trespassing

  The feathered fiend examines the guv's (cough!) brass balls, conspicuous consumption in Scottsdale and the L. Ron Hubbard House in Phoenix

  May 4, 2006

• Target Market

  Art for the masses

  February 9, 2006

• Five Reasons to Support Record Store Day

  April 16, 2009

• Jerry's Law

  April 1, 2004

• Spun Out

  Zia's still in business. So what?

  January 15, 2004

• Sorry, We're Closed

  Downtown businesses are struggling to stay afloat

  November 6, 2003

• Backdoor Boogie

  30,000 bands can't be too wrong -- CD Baby hands 'em independence

  January 23, 2003

• System of a Down

  Steal This Album! (Sony)

  January 9, 2003

• When Online Got Off Base

  Or: How Mark Cuban would have and could have saved the music biz

  April 11, 2002

• File Shearing

  After whacking Napster, the labels needed their own digital download alternatives, and fast. It shows.

  February 7, 2002

• Ransom Notes

  Can one man persuade millions of people to pay for their 'free' music?

  November 16, 2000

• Ransom Notes

  Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their 'free' music?

  November 9, 2000

• Lawsuit on Board

  Fired AutoNation worker sues company for pregnancy discrimination

  September 28, 2000

• Pirates of the Cyberspace

  Music, money and mayhem clog MP3 download sites

  May 11, 2000

• Car Pool

  Tempe law firm goes after car dealers who overcharge state taxes and fail to reimburse customers

  November 4, 1999

• USED CDS ON THE HIT LIST

  MAJOR LABELS THREATEN RETAILERS WHO SELL SECONDHAND DISCS

  June 30, 1993

• Record Store Day: Why You Should Care

  Record Store Day - it exists and it is happening this SaturdayBelieve it or not, record stores still function in this digital day and age. On top of that, this Saturday is Record Store Day, or "Time to Give a Shit About Record Stores." While record stores are a debatable topic, a day that celebrates music in an orderly fashion is okay by me, even if it competes with one of the year's biggest outdoor music festivals. Steve Jansen just gave us five reasons to get your ass out to a record store on

  April 17, 2009

• Stinkweeds Offers a Killer Comp of Local Music for Record Store Day

  The unique CD artwork for Phoenix: We Love It Just in case you weren't already enticed into participating in tomorrow's Record Store Day after reading Steve Jansen's and Michael Lopez's scribblings on the nationwide event (which celebrates the independent spirit of mom-and-pop music emporiums), we've got one more reason for you. And it's kinda teh awesome. Kimber Lanning and the kids down at Stinkweeds Record Exchange (12 W. Camelback Road, 602-248-9461) are putting out a special compilatio

  April 17, 2009

• Virgin, Universal to Offer Unlimited MP3s

  Can Virgin - with the help of Universal Music - effectively end online music piracy? We'll have to wait and seeIn an effort to help and curtail online music piracy, Universal Music will partner up with U.K. telecommunications ("telco," if you're British) provider Virgin Media to launch an unlimited downloadable music service. This service will set users back anywhere from $16 - $24 (10 - 15 pounds) a month and it allows them unlimited access to Universal's entire catalog. Users can either downlo

  June 15, 2009

• AZ Ghostbusters Raise Money for Salvation Army and Promote New Ghostbusters Video Game

  Jonathan McNamaraMatt Haynes (center) with the AZ Ghostbusters Though there were no spiritual apparitions at Gamestop at 5707 Northern Ave. in Glendale during the midnight launch of the new Ghostbusters The Video Game, there were plenty of EKG meters and "proton packs" just in case. These delicate scientific instruments belonged to none other than the AZ Ghostbusters, a charity organization based around dressing up like the iconic characters from the 198X film, who made a public appearance last

  June 16, 2009

• Friday Night Frights

  September 17, 2009

• 2008 Music Sales Less Than Encouraging For Artists

  You can apply this graph to a myriad of possibilities in today's economy, but let's stick to music sales for now​The Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit took place this past Sunday through  Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and the news coming out of everything was music sales in 2008. Specifically, that of 115,000 albums released last year, only 110 sold more than 250,000 copies. This should not come as a surprise, but that number is incredibly dismal -- and it solidifies that artists will

  October 8, 2009

• Fred's Opens Along With Barneys New York at Scottsdale Fashion Square

  Jamie PeacheyBarneys New York at Scottsdale Fashion Square​Yesterday, luxury department store chain Barneys New York opened its first Arizona location ever at Scottsdale Fashion Square. Along with high-end fashion Barneys brings Scottsdale the culinary creations of Fred's Restaurant. This marks the third Fred's restaurant with the other two belonging to Barney's in New York and Chicago. See a few shots of Fred's after the jump.  

  October 16, 2009

• Illegal Alien Costume Gets Yanked From Store Shelves for Being Offensive

  www.hamptonroads.com​It turns out illegal alien Halloween costumes aren't even welcome in Arizona -- or America for that matter.Two different "illegal alien" Halloween costumes have been yanked off the shelves of retail stores because consumers say they are offensive. As far as we know, the removal of the costumes wasn't the result of our wily sheriff and one of his infamous crime suppression sweeps and they haven't been deported or taken to tent city.

  October 20, 2009