Bloom Archives
Category: Fashion & Shopping
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Greetings on Kirkwood: A Family Affair
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS With T-shirts ranging from handsome to humorous displayed in the prominent front window, it’s difficult not to pause in front…
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Lola Rue: The Home of Shabby Chic and Fancy Paint
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS Since opening in 2008, Lola Rue & Company at 531 N. College has established itself as a go-to boutique for…
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Argentum Jewelry Marks Its 40th Year in Business
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS If Argentum Jewelry were to make a ring to celebrate its 40th anniversary, it would be a ruby—the stone traditionally…
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New Guitar Store Is for Aficionados
BY JEREMY SHERE To stay competitive in the modern retail world, most brick-and-mortar music stores try to appeal to as broad a range of…
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The Yoho General Store Serving Solsberry Again
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC The restoration of Solsberry’s Yoho General Store was “a homecoming for us all,” says Jim Murphy, president of CFC Properties. “I…
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Soapy Soap Company: Making Very ‘Friendly’ Soap
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO It was all just good clean fun. Literally. What started as two guys in their kitchen making a few batches…
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Southern Indiana Scuba Selling and Teaching All Things Scuba
ADAM KENT-ISAAC Mark Brooks, owner and manager of Southern Indiana Scuba, supplies gear to divers from all over the state, for expeditions all over…
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Niche Boutique: It’s New, Trendy, and Not Boring
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS On-trend fashion found a new niche in Bloomington this year with the opening of Niche Boutique at 601 N. College.…
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B-town Booksellers Survive Chains, Internet, and Recession
BY JESSE LOUDENBARGER National chains and online booksellers are often deemed responsible for driving independent bookshops out of business, but this hasn’t been the…