Perfect Purrcolation: Wasilla Teen Opens Cat Café
A Wasilla teen created a business that blends a for-profit coffee shop with a nonprofit cat “cottage” to bring humans and felines together.
Retail
Through the Lens of Lettuce
Remember when Carr-Gottstein Foods Co. was the first tippy-top Top 49er in 1985? The supermarket business has changed a lot since then.
The Shop of Things to Come
Even the most remote villages in Alaska are feeling the transformative effects of online commerce. See how small businesses are adapting to the electronic frontier.
Worn but not Worn Out
Resale shopping is popular with all walks of life, not just bargain hunters. Learn about sustainable fashion at consignment clothing stores.
Sadler’s Home Furnishings Returns to Wasilla in Refurbished Big-Box Store
The former Sears, and even more former Walmart, is soon to be three Furniture Enterprises of Alaska stores in one.
Mending a Rip: A Sewing Studio Patches the Craft Retail Void
The closure of Joann Fabric inspired an Anchorage crafter to open the sewing studio and craft shop she had long dreamed of operating.