In Sierra Vista, Ramon Rosario Jr. retrieves his mail from the offices of KWR Construction. Rosario no longer works for the company, but he still holds the management in high regard. “I’ve been with them for seven years; they are good people,” Rosario said. “All of them are good people.” Kind words like Rosario’s…
Tattooing in Tucson booms with the help of social media, thrusting the city’s history of great shops and even better artists into the limelight. Tucson’s tradition of being a military and college town attributes to the tattoo industry’s success in the Sonoran Desert, but reality TV and social media apps such as Instagram are…
Here today, gone tomorrow—the motto of the $50 billion industry of pop-up shops. Companies such as Coca-Cola, Prada and Audi have utilized this unique market to not only build brand awareness but use it as a test market for new product lines. With the successful nature and newfound livelihood of these pop-up shops, Kristin Tovar…
Frosty the snowman Was a jolly happy soul… It’s that time of the year again where people can order their favorite holiday drink from Starbucks or scratch off an item on the list for holiday shopping. But, it’s also that time of the year where the holiday jingles may not be too jolly after all….
Empty malls from department store closures means a challenge for investors nationwide. Shoppers in Tucson are seeing more big box stores such as Sears, Kmart, J.C. Penney and Macy’s closing down, and some local malls are suffering as a result. Brigham Stevens, an analyst for Tucson-based investors, Bourn Companies LLC, which bought the Foothills Mall last…
