Snapdragon, a longtime screen printing shop in Wilmington with a focus on original art, has made some changes under new ownership. Two brothers, Zack and Tom Weaver, purchased Snapdragon last year and have been spending the past several months making some improvements and remodeling the print shop located at 1220 Dock St. in Wilmington. The business has been in the Wilm ...

Wilmington-based manufacturer of white noise sleep products Marpac LLC announced Tuesday the acquisition of Yogabed, a direct-to-customer mattress company. Marpac purchased Yogabed for an undisclosed amount, according to a company news release. Yogabed's products and accessories line will add to Marpac’s current line of a half-dozen sound machines, expanding t ...

A longstanding men’s tuxedo shop and retail store previously located in downtown Wilmington has new owners and has relocated to the University Centre shopping center on South College Road, with plans for a grand reopening this weekend. Jason Sellars and Chuck Ogiba, partners of Coastal Tux LLC, have purchased Cape Fear Formal Wear, which had a location at 218 N. T ...

Retailer Anthropologie will feature a Wilmington resident's line of handmade beaded leather sandals online and in its stores and catalogs starting later this year, according to an announcement this week. Caroline Fisher, creative director and founder of Seeded Hand Sown, said the deal with Anthropologie is a game-changer for her brand. Seeded Hand Sown is a wholesal ...

The newest tenant at Mayfaire Town Center opened Monday. Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa, a franchise with locations elsewhere in North Carolina and throughout the U.S., offers massage arts, skin care and hair removal. The Mayfaire location, Suite 115 at 840 Town Center Drive near the Regal Mayfaire Stadium 16 movie theater, is inside one of the town center' ...

Cape Fear Formal Wear Inc.'s president and CEO announced Tuesday that the company's retail formal wear services are in the process of being transferred to a new, locally connected business by the end of the year. In addition, Cape Fear Formal Wear's wholesale operation will transition to a different company, a news release said. The longtime Cape Fear For ...

PrintWorks, “The Polka Dot Printer,” is moving from its Wrightsville Avenue location, where the boutique print shop has held its themed storefront for more than a decade. PrintWorks recently announced the acquisition of Ship & Mail Plus in Canterwood Centre at 2316 S. 17th St., according to Joanna Puritz, owner of PrintWorks. The company will be moving f ...

When the Hobsons decided to move to a place where they could one day retire, they didn't know their plans would turn into a real-life toy story. The former Massachusetts residents chose the Port City as their new home in 1995, opening a Learning Express toy store franchise that has steadily grown in customers and revenue over the past two decades. This week, the ...

The new owner of Two Sisters Bookery left her position as a hospice nurse to become an independent bookseller in Wilmington. Christine Greer bought the business, signing a three-year lease to continue occupying the store’s current location at The Cotton Exchange, for an undisclosed amount this week. Katie, the store’s popular calico cat, will continue to ...

Maverick America, a Wilmington-based national distribution company for spearfishing, has opened a second location near downtown Wilmington, to begin production of an all-North Carolina manufactured spear gun.   The company has expanded from its small location in the Dry Corp building off Military Cutoff Road to its  newly renovated 7,500-square-foot building at ...