Another local splash in retail’s resurgence John Hielscher/Sarasota Herald-Tribune Tampa residents Amy Riddell and Christian Estrada showed up at 3 a.m. Friday to make sure they would be the first customers inside the new Trader Joe’s in Sarasota. When the grocer’s doors opened five hours later, the store was still dark, but they were first […]

Trader Joe’s John Hielscher/Sarasota Herald-Tribune Bells will clang Friday in Trader Joe’s to summon help for shoppers or to bring in additional cashiers to check them out when the trendy grocer opens its avidly awaited Sarasota store at 4101 S. Tamiami Trail. But that will not likely be the only noise that follows the chain’s […]

Sneak peek inside Trader Joe’s John Hielscher/Sarasota Herald-Tribune Bells will clang Friday in Trader Joe’s to summon help for shoppers or to bring in additional cashiers to check them out when the trendy grocer opens its avidly awaited Sarasota store at 4101 S. Tamiami Trail. But that will not likely be the only noise that […]

Google ups the ante in wallet wars Quentin Fottrell/MarketWatch Consumers have been slow to cut up their credit cards and turn on their mobile wallets. But this week, Google Wallet announced a string of features that—to make the proposition more enticing—let mobile wallets do things plastic credit cards don’t. Google Wallet product managers say they […]

Microsoft Opens Its First Boston Store Anthony Silva/WBZ NewsRadio 1030 The city’s first Microsoft store has opened at the Prudential Center, and store manager Ty Hapworth says it has been busy since the front glass wall was rolled away. It is Microsoft’s 23rd store nationally, and the 2nd in New England. The company opened a […]

With retail store, Microsoft continues quest for fan base Hiawatha Bray/Boston Globe Microsoft Corp. is throwing quite a party for the opening of its first Boston retail store, in the Shops at Prudential Center on Boylston Street. Boston Celtics player Paul Pierce will be on hand to greet shoppers Thursday evening, and musician Lenny Kravitz […]