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• New owner’s basket is overflowing

  February 12, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Simply Northwest, the locally owned gift shop well-known for its ornately packaged baskets filled with assorted foods and specialty items from around the area, is under new ownership. Employee Denielle …

• Stores seeing green

  December 28, 2010 in Business on Page A7 Spokane shoppers shed some of their inhibitions this Christmas season, cheering merchants recovering from a recession-shadowed 2009, and 2008’s winter wipeout. New businesses also said they were satisfied, or more. 1

• Valley retailers band together for shop hop

  February 20, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Most locally owned retailers are unable to compete head-on with the multimillion-dollar marketing campaigns that national chains rely on. So they have to be smarter. 1

• Cantwell seeks aid for small banks

  February 17, 2010 in Business on Page A8 Community banks need the same kind of help from the federal government that Wall Street received, and they need it now, Sen. Maria Cantwell said Tuesday. Cantwell, who met with … 1