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Selling mattresses at prices that ordinary families can afford is the aim of new business owner Sheila Pitcher. And a few weeks after setting up shop she has seen an encouraging initial level of interest in what Mattress Express & More, in Devonshire...

Christmas brought some cheer to the struggling retail sector, store chiefs said yesterday. But festive season sales may have come at the cost of deep discounts to get customers through the doors. Brown & Co general manager Nicole Warren said: “Spendi...

A new shop has opened its doors in the Bailey’s Bay neighbourhood, rejuvenating the long-vacant premises of the former Belvin’s Variety Store on North Shore Road. Customers who remember the old shop are in for a surprise when they step inside Ways Ma...

Celebrating the second anniversary of opening the Davidrose Jewelry boutique has brought a welcome moment of good cheer for owners David and Avrel Zuill. Earlier this month they were left counting the cost after thieves used a blowtorch to break in t...

The Island Shop on Queen Street has taken the top spot in the Corporation of Hamilton’s Christmas Window Display Competition. The store’s owner, Barbara Finsness, collected her prize last night from the Corporation’s events and marketing coordinator,...

A problem that hit Bermuda card swiping machines is also US-wide, it was revealed yesterday. American credit and debit card machines made by Hypercom — as in Bermuda — shut down after they hit a built in expiry date, leading to chaos for shopkeepers....

A glitch in credit and debit card machines has crippled some retailers in the run-up to Christmas, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Some point-of-sale card-swipe machines have closed down due to a time limit on their use — now HSBC is scrambling to find...

Hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo drove the Retail Sales Index up for October, according to figures and analysis released this morning. The Department of Statistics reported that retail sales for the month were 4.4 per cent higher than the $82.2 million rec...

A new frozen yoghurt shop has opened at the Heron Bay MarketPlace. The supermarket chain set up shop themselves after they were unable to find a tenant for a vacant spot in the MarketPlace Plaza. A company spokesman said: “We started to look at what ...

Sexy sells, just ask Liz Adderley. She is celebrating the 20th anniversary of opening Eve’s Garden Lingerie shop in Hamilton. Whether it is a revealing pyjama set, some racy lingerie or a sex toy, the shop in the Emporium Building has quietly provide...

A young businessman is aiming to spread some Christmas cheer with a new liquor store. Scott DeSilva is following in a family tradition as his father Raymond owns Front Street Wine & Liquors in Hamilton. “I watched my dad — he has been an entrepreneur...

In the tiny hours of this morning, all was not quiet. With Black Friday fever in full swing, soca music blasted out from a pair of large speakers outside the Phoenix Store, waking early-morning campers from their sleepy daze. Just before 4am, the qu...