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Current Boutique expands into online sales 10/10/2013 07:45am • Consignment fashion retailer Current Boutique will launch an online store next week, taking its gently used Diane von Furstenburg dresses and BCBG tops from the District region to the global marketplace. Current has slowly spread geographically during the past few years, starting with one store in C Predicting the most popular Halloween costume ideas 10/08/2013 04:26pm • WASHINGTON - Halloween is just around the corner and many Americans are starting to prepare their costumes or those for their family. Patricia Volpe is trying to put her costume together to save a few bucks. She was shopping at Total Party in Ballston for the extras to complete her Robin Hood Magazines offer instant gratification for shoppers 10/08/2013 11:31am • WASHINGTON - If seeing a dress in a fashion magazine elicits the thought "I have to have that," MasterCard, the designer and magazine want you to be able to spend your money instantly. MasterCard is announcing a partnership with Conde Nast, which publishes Vogue, Wired and Vanity Fair that will Families hoard cash 5 years after financial crisis 10/07/2013 01:43pm • BY BERNARD CONDON AP BUSINESS WRITER NEW YORK (AP) -- They speak different languages, live in countries rich and poor, face horrible job markets and healthy ones. When it comes to money, though, they act as one: They're holding tight to their cash, driven more by a fear of losing what they have Coffee shops target WiFi hogs 09/30/2013 04:00am • WASHINGTON - Would you like free WiFi with your coffee? The question goes unspoken, but in local coffee houses the answer is clearly yes. Most coffee shops in the Washington area offer free WiFi as a perk, in hopes of bringing in customers. "Being able to get away from your office or home routi GiftRocker Seeks to Make Gift Certificates Easier for Local Businesses 09/23/2013 11:30am • Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space Chevy Chase Residents Urge WMATA Against Bus Service Reduction 09/23/2013 10:20am • A group of Chevy Chase residents are again asking WMATA not to reduce service on a Chevy Chase bus line that many use to get to the Friendship Heights Metro station. WMATA has proposed route improvements, service reductions or elimination on 84 of the system’s routes, including the E6 Chevy Ch Ambient noise at coffeehouse stimulates creativity 09/13/2013 02:23pm • WASHINGTON - It began as a "perfect storm." Two young entrepreneurs from Virginia, Justin Kauszler and ACe Callwood got their hands on some scientific research that described how mid-level ambient noise can help boost creativity. At the time, they were hanging out often with their laptops at a Niche online shopping services cater to you 09/12/2013 10:28am • WASHINGTON - Online shopping is now going after niche markets where you can get anything from bras in boxes to subscription socks. The goal of the niche online services is to personalize the fit and the shopping experience in hopes of making you a repeat customer since you have to buy certain Restaurant Talk: How To Be A Regular 09/09/2013 11:00am • Restaurant Talk is an occasional feature written by Nick Freshman, a native Arlingtonian and co-owner of Spider Kelly’s and Eventide Restaurant in Clarendon. Photos added by ARLnow.com. I’ve seen this question come up a lot in other online forums, and we also get Suspect sought in Sept. 3 no-contact shooting in Beltsville (Photo) 09/05/2013 09:34am • UPDATED:Sep 12, 2013 9:40pm ET WASHINGTON - A suspect has been named in a Sept. 3 incident where a man was caught opening fire on a group of men in Beltsville, Md. Police in Prince George's County have an arrest warrant for 24-year-old Charles Obutu. Obutu, who is also of Beltsville, faces re Georgetown Bagelry Boss Pens Book On Life, Bagel Business 09/03/2013 03:15pm • Mary Beall Adler didn’t want to write a traditional business book or give motivational tips. Instead, she ended up with a memoir of sorts, interspersed with enough stories from her popular Georgetown Bagelry (5227 River Rd.) to explain why the longtime D.C.-area business has become her life. A Pawn shops turning high-class with online stores 09/03/2013 02:03am • WASHINGTON - Pawn shops have gone mainstream, but it's not just for the down and out anymore. After an industry makeover, pawn shops are gaining notoriety. Reality TV has taken an interest with shows like the History Channel's Pawn Stars. But now another chapter in the the story of pawning has s App enables 1-touch purchase from catalogs, circulars 08/29/2013 03:20pm • ␎ The Pounce app lets users quickly buy what they like in catalogues and circulars without having to go online. (Courtesy of Pounce) WASHINGTON - See. Love. Scan. Buy. A new iPhone app lets users quickly purchase what they see in printed catalogs, c Are malls dead? The landscape of retail in the D.C. area 08/20/2013 07:06pm • WASHINGTON - Fornash, a local jewelry and accessories boutique, opened in The Shops at Georgetown Park on M Street N.W. in 2002. "It was dark and there was hardly anyone there," says Ava Mutchler, Fornash's marketing and web manager. "Tourists didn't know we were down there, no one knew that t