Whoever Would Have Thought that Filene’s Basement And Syms Would Go Out of Business?
by Rick Segel
Being brought up in Boston, we took the legendary Filene’s Basement for granted. I remember as a small child my Auntie Bea and her friends would travel into Boston by public transportation which meant traveling on a bus and an underground train. The ride in was a challenge because they would leave early in the morning and be commuting with all the people who worked in Boston. The ride back was even worse because they had to take all of their purchases in bags on the train and bus. This was a ritual that would be repeated at least once or twice every month.
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MASSAGE ENVY SPA
Offers Premium Facials In Addition To Relaxing Massages
by Beverly Dykes
Nationally, therapeutic massage is a $10 billion a year industry that has benefited from unprecedented popularity in recent years, particularly owing to the proliferation in the marketplace of upscale, convenient retail clinic locations that offer quality, affordable services. Their success has also been fueled by referrals from medical providers who have embraced the auxiliary health benefits of therapeutic massage ...
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Landlord Not Responsible to Tenant’s Contractor
by Ron Davis
Efforts to force owners of a Florida shopping center to pay for renovations to a tenant’s leased space have ended in failure.
The shopping center is located in the Fort Lauderdale area. And the renovation work was completed by a local contractor that the tenant—a day-care operator—deemed suitable for the job.
When the tenant couldn’t or wouldn’t pay for the work, the contractor tried ...
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