Vanilla Bean Cupcakery: A franchise in the making?
March 31, 2014
Couple a delectable recipe at an accessible price with the Puerto Rican consumer's love of sweets and it pretty much explains the success behind a cupcake business that suddenly seems to be all over the place.
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3 new stores opening in Plaza Carolina shopping center
March 28, 2014
The Plaza Carolina shopping center will have three new tenants before year’s end with the arrival of the Sports Authority, A’gaci and the first Men’s Warehouse location in Puerto Rico, company officials announced Thursday.
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CVS to open its 20th Puerto Rico store in Condado
March 26, 2014
Drugstore chain CVS will open its 20th Puerto Rico location in the Condado sector of San Juan, this media outlet confirmed.
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Rosa Mexicano opens 19th eatery in Paseo Caribe
March 24, 2014
Fine dining eatery Rosa Mexicano is opening the 19th restaurant in its chain today, when it will also become the first commercial tenant of the upscale real estate development Paseo Caribe in San Juan.
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Electricity costs taking a bite out of restaurant business
March 19, 2014
Payroll, food and electricity represent the three major expenses for Puerto Rico restaurants, which are feeling the crunch of rising costs all-around, Restaurant Association President Carlos Morell said Tuesday during a public hearing at the Senate.
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Under the Trees eatery quietly closes in Condado
March 17, 2014
Nearly five years after opening as one of the main dining attractions at the Doubletree by Hilton at Gallery Plaza hotel in Condado, restaurant Under the Trees quietly closed its doors Sunday, a decision announced on its Facebook page.
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Shoe Carnival to showcase new brands at Caparra store
March 17, 2014
Retailer Shoe Carnival will be expanding its line of women's footwear and to celebrate it, will host the “Festival de Moda VIP Primavera 2014,” a special event on Mar. 23, at the store located in Plaza Caparra in Guaynabo, featuring all of the new brands.
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Restaurant chain creating 460 jobs with gov’t support
February 19, 2014
Puerto Rican sister companies Apple Caribe Inc. and Famous Caribe Inc., operators of the Applebee’s and Famous Dave’s chains, respectively, will create a total of 460 full-time jobs supported by the incentives provided through the Jobs Now Act passed by the current administration a year ago.
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DACO seeks to regulate online group coupon sales
February 13, 2014
The Consumer Affairs Department is looking to regulate the online sale of group coupons through a regulation that would protect consumers from fraudulent offers.
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Ben & Jerry’s brings sense of community to San Juan
January 27, 2014
When you think of Ben & Jerry’s, the first thing that probably pops into your head is the seemingly endless variety of the company’s luscious, premium ice cream and their tongue-in-cheek names.
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Spanish bookstore chain opening 1st Puerto Rico store
January 16, 2014
Spanish bookstore chain Beta Bookcafé will open its first store in Puerto Rico, and the region, in Carolina on Jan. 31, company officials announced Wednesday.
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Puerto Rico retail sales down 1.6% YOY in September
January 8, 2014
Puerto Rico’s retail sales were down 1.6 percent year-over-year in September — the most recent statistic available for the sector — when some $2.84 billion in activity was reported.
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MIDA sues gov’t over Puerto Rico ‘national tax’
December 19, 2013
The Puerto Rico Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber (MIDA for its Spanish acronym), filed a lawsuit Thursday against the government, asking the San Juan Superior Court to declare the so-called “national tax” unconstitutional and order the Treasury Department to immediately publish exemption regulations.
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ICSC convention to focus on regional retail opportunities
December 17, 2013
The International Council of Shopping Centers is gearing up to host its 4th annual regional convention in Puerto Rico in February 2014, with an agenda of presentations that seek, among other objectives, to lay out opportunities for local retailers to export their goods and services, event organizers told this media outlet in an interview Monday.
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Young Subway employees become newest entrepreneurs
December 13, 2013
Focused on making a better future for themselves and their loved ones, a group of Subway employees are today's most recent entrepreneurs thanks to their joint effort to create the "Sandwich Artists with Ambitions" initiative.
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