non durable goods industry
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The consultants hired to study Columbia's economy have developed a series of site-specific recommendations that proposes a slew of retail options, including coffee shops, apparel boutiques, office space, specialty stores, a live performance venue and a variety of restaurants, for eight of the community's nine village shopping centers. - Consumers have come to know Under Armour's "compression," "Heat Gear" and "Storm," athletic wear, and now yet another product description is joining the mix – "ClutchFit."
- Susan Aplin worked behind the scenes for two decades helping run some of the biggest retail brands around– Williams Sonoma, Sports Authority, Staples, The Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Pottery Barn. But after traveling to Alaska's Prince William Sound, she found her true calling – retail with a cause and online retailer bambeco, seller of sustainable home furnishings, was born.
- Under Armour's profits jumped 27 percent in the third quarter, with higher athletic apparel sales led by products designed to be worn in cold or rainy weather.
- Under Armour plans to hire hundreds of workers at its Locust Point headquarters this year, expand facilities on its campus and bring its brand of sports apparel and footwear to new markets in the U.S. and around the world.
- Comic-book based line, fleece and running shoes helped drive growth for Baltimore's Under Armour
- At a time when the housing market is still struggling and sellers of big-ticket items continue to feel the economic slump, some home furnishings merchants see opportunity in the Baltimore-area market.
- Pigtown resident Daryl Landy believes he's one of a growing number of Americans striving for better, not bigger, living quarters, and this week he's launched a new online magazine devoted to living, working and playing in small spaces.
- A Severna Park chiropractor running in the Columbia Triathlon is part of the minimalist running movement, whose followers want to avoid injury by running more naturally like the barefoot Kenyan Olympians do.
- Second Chance salvage shop moves to new warehouse of its own, vacates leased warehouses on site of planned slots casino.
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- Home Furnishing stores with estate, antique and restored furniture.
- Crustacean is popular is everything from pewter to pillows to prints
- Popular line of painted and upholstered furniture started in a garage in Severna Park
- Saavy showrooms opt for furnishings, accessories that are not too 'beachy'
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- The Maris Elaine Gallery, owned by Terri Hartwell Easter, offers an eclectic mix of fine art and furniture
