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  1. kava bars
    The City’s Quiet Crackdown on Kava BarsThe businesses selling kava and kratom drinks have found themselves in a legal limbo.
    By Chris Crowley
  2. brick and mortar
    Ikea Will Try (for the Third Time) to Open a Manhattan StoreThree previous mini-stores, like your Lack coffee table, fell apart after only a couple of years.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  3. openings
    An Emporium of Everything From a Former Pencil-Shop OwnerThe Locavore Variety Store stocks everything from Wiffle balls to pizzeria dish detergent. And, of course, pencils.
    By Emma Orlow
  4. brick and mortar
    7 Especially Excellent New Shops in New YorkA Japanese clothing boutique that’s also a 2,000-book library, a furniture showroom that looks like a StreetEasy listing, and other standout shops.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  5. brick and mortar
    Atelier Jolie Was Just the BeginningThe city is swimming in ateliers right now.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  6. the hamptons
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    East Hampton Braces for Zero BondScott Sartiano wants to expand out East. The village is losing its mind.
    By Stephanie Krikorian
  7. brick and mortar
    Welcome to Williamsburg’s Wellness CorridorHeading north on Wythe, a person could go from red-light therapy to a Juvaderm touch-up to a cold plunge without even calling an Uber.
    By Kim Velsey
  8. brick and mortar
    Shoppers Inside The Atlantic Terminal Mall Ahead of Retail Sales Figures
    The Teens Getting Around the Teen Ban at Atlantic Terminal Mall“We’re just lollygagging.”
    By Kim Velsey
  9. brick and mortar
    Village Cigars Has Closed After Decades on Christopher StreetThe shop owner wanted a ten-year lease, but the landlord said he had stopped paying rent since last year.
    By Ella Quittner
  10. brick and mortar
    The Luxury Flagship War on Fifth AvenueWhy Prada, LVMH, and other luxury brands are buying up real estate.
    By Kim Velsey
  11. chain stores
    Andy Cohen In Conversation At BookHampton
    The Hamptons Does Not Care for Barnes & NobleSome find the newly arrived chain bookstore aesthetically displeasing.
    By Andrew Zucker
  12. brick and mortar
    The Innkeeper Influencers Are BusyThe holidays are no time to relax for TikTok’s hygge entrepreneurs.
    By Clio Chang
  13. openings
    Harry Styles Is Coming to SohoPleasing, the singer’s perfume and skin-care sundries line, is opening on Crosby Street.
    By Clio Chang
  14. brick and mortar
    Where Are All the Legal Weed Shops?Two years since legalization, you can count the number of actual brick and mortars in the city on two hands.
    By Clio Chang
  15. brick and mortar
    Customers queue up outside the Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village in New York on Sunday June 19, 2022, decorated with a faux floral display. (© Richard B. Levine)
    Floral Storefront CityWhen did fake wisteria take over every retail façade in Manhattan?
    By Mia Mercado
  16. brick and mortar
    A Brooklyn Café That Said No More InfluencersDae, a Carroll Gardens café and home-goods shop, has taken the drastic step of banning photos and videos.
    By Clio Chang
  17. design hunting
    Ten Years Later, Still Coming SoonFabiana Faria and Helena Barquet opened the Lower East Side home-design shop on 11/12/13.
    By Wendy Goodman
  18. brick and mortar
    8 Especially Excellent New ShopsThe best of the many stores that have popped up around the city lately.
    By Jenna Milliner-Waddell
  19. chinatown
    Yu & Me Books, After the FireThe Chinatown shop needs a gut renovation, but more than $320,000 in donations will keep the business afloat and staff paid.
    By Wilfred Chan
  20. brick and mortar
    Century 21 Is BackAfter three long years, the luxury-bargain flagship reopened. The faithful turned out.
    By Clio Chang
  21. brick and mortar
    An Austere Temple to Cool-Girl FashionKhaite’s Soho shop asks, “What if Richard Serra sold $700 jeans?”
    By Ian Volner
  22. brick and mortar
    The Girl Scouts Open Their Own Version of The WingThe vibe is more slime-making and Minecraft than girlboss.
    By Clio Chang
  23. openings
    The Tiny Antiques Gallery of an Avid 31-Year-Old CollectorFind French tapestries and Murano glassware in Christopher Cawley’s Chinatown storefront.
    By Diana Budds
  24. brick and mortar
    ‘It Was a Struggle. I Lost All My Revenue.’Bronx business owners were left behind in an early COVID-relief program, according to a new report from the city comptroller’s office.
    By Clio Chang
  25. cannabis
    There Is Too Much Weed Stockpiled in New York Right NowCannabis farmers say they’re struggling to keep their crops fresh while retail licenses get off the ground.
    By Clio Chang
  26. brick and mortar
    There Are So Many Good New Stores in New YorkOver the last few months, there’s been an influx of especially-excellent spots.
    By Louis Cheslaw
  27. brick and mortar
    Bed Bath & Beyond Announces Store Closures in New York CityNo!
    By Clio Chang
  28. brick and mortar
    Century 21 Lives!Fidi, rejoice.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  29. brick and mortar
    Cheap Meat or Luxury Rentals? Inside the Fight at Western BeefA son’s plan to upscale the grocery’s real-estate empire is reined in by his father.
    By Jasper Craven
  30. brick and mortar
    How to Get to the Closest Weed Dispensaries in New Jersey on Public TransitHypothetically.
    By Clio Chang
  31. brick and mortar
    Audrey Gelman’s Reactionary Little English Village FantasyOn Barrow’s Green, the fictional heart of her new country store.
    By Grace Lavery
  32. street fights
    The Bizarre Drama Over Clinton Hill’s New Sex ShopI did not expect allegations of paid protesters to be part of this.
    By Clio Chang
  33. brick and mortar
    Can You Really Sleep During a $75 Nap?Increasingly, hotels hope so.
    By Clio Chang
  34. brick and mortar
    Amazon Is Closing Its Terrible Brick-and-Mortar BookstoresA quiet end to a bad idea.
    By Kim Velsey
  35. brick and mortar
    First the Gap, Then Banks. The Next Retail Cycle? Nothing.Never thought we’d be nostalgic for a Starbucks every two blocks.
    By Kim Velsey
  36. brick and mortar
    There’s a Reason Why Newsstand Umbrellas Always BreakNothing can cost more than $10, and it’s making business tough.
    By Caroline Spivack
  37. retail apocalypse
    Barneys, Deader Than Ever, Is Becoming a Spirit HalloweenRetail apocalypse made manifest.
    By Kim Velsey
  38. brick and mortar
    Mutual Aid Gets Militant: The Brief Occupation of a Bushwick StorefrontOrganizers of the Gym clashed with police to use the empty space.
    By Caroline Spivack
  39. brick and mortar
    One of the Best Furniture Stores in New York Is Run by a Staten Island Commune“The radical-honesty thing happening in the store was getting in the way of running a store.”
    By Katy Schneider
  40. brick and mortar
    Pearl River Mart Isn’t Closing After AllThe new Soho location will be its sixth in 50 years.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  41. brick and mortar
    Century 21 Is Returning, But You Can’t Get There on the SubwayBecause … it’s in Busan, South Korea.
    By Caroline Spivack
  42. brick and mortar
    First Look: Ace Hotel Brooklyn Is Opening this SpringDowntown Brooklyn finally gets a destination hotel.
    By Diana Budds
  43. nëws
    Everything We Know About the New ‘Mini’ Ikea Store in NYCThere will be meatballs.
    By Megan Barber
  44. brick and mortar
    I for One Will Miss the 70 Duane Reades That Closed This YearAnd the city’s 26 Jimmy Jazzes and 43 Modell’s. A wistful look at a new “State of the Chains” report.
    By Jessica Silvester
  45. brick and mortar
    Visiting LAAMS, the LES Street Culture Lab“We tell kids: ‘Just pull up. Show us what you have and if we like it, and the price is on point, we’ll put it up on the wall.’”
    By Diana Budds
  46. brick and mortar
    Pencil-Only Store to Begin Selling PensThe store’s owner, Caroline Weaver, also has plans to become a notary.
    By Jenny Xie