Local Business /tags/local-business Local Business en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:04:00 GMT Tex-Mex lovers mourn the end of 'a chapter of Austin' after Trudy's closes its last location /business/2025-01-15/trudys-tex-mex-north-star-closed-closure After more than 40 years in business, the chain announced the closure of its North Star location on Monday. Long-time customers were met with shuttered doors and had to rearrange their dinner plans. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:04:00 GMT /business/2025-01-15/trudys-tex-mex-north-star-closed-closure Maya Fawaz A bookshop and a boutique grocery store are headed to Hyde Park's former post office space /business/2022-08-10/a-bookshop-and-a-boutique-grocery-store-are-headed-to-hyde-parks-former-post-office-space When it was announced early last year that the long-running post office on Speedway would be closing, concerns � and gossip � began swirling through the neighborhood. Now, new details are coming out about the building's future. Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:20:29 GMT /business/2022-08-10/a-bookshop-and-a-boutique-grocery-store-are-headed-to-hyde-parks-former-post-office-space Marisa Charpentier When A Texas Town's Business Model Is All About 'I Do' /texas/2020-04-28/when-a-texas-towns-business-model-is-all-about-i-do From Texas Standard:What happens to a town whose very livelihood relies on galas, weddings and special events when a pandemic hits, forcing all those� Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:12:42 GMT /texas/2020-04-28/when-a-texas-towns-business-model-is-all-about-i-do Terri Langford Why Texans Love H-E-B So Much /texas/2020-01-16/why-texans-love-h-e-b-so-much From Texas Standard:Everything is bigger and better in Texas � at least that’s how the saying goes. From food to clothing, and now grocery stores, Texas� Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:59:55 GMT /texas/2020-01-16/why-texans-love-h-e-b-so-much Michael Marks Do Two Texas Brewery Closures Signal Trouble For The Craft Beer Industry? /texas/2019-01-08/do-two-texas-brewery-closures-signal-trouble-for-the-craft-beer-industry From Texas Standard:For years, there's been talk about the growth of the craft beer business. Breweries have been popping up all over Texas to fill a� Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:06:00 GMT /texas/2019-01-08/do-two-texas-brewery-closures-signal-trouble-for-the-craft-beer-industry Laura Rice Alas, The Store-On-Every-Corner Strategy Didn't Work For Mattress Firm /texas/2018-10-08/alas-the-store-on-every-corner-strategy-didnt-work-for-mattress-firm After years of rampant expansion, Houston-based Mattress Firm filed for bankruptcy protection Friday in an effort to get out from under $3.2 billion in� Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:48:00 GMT /texas/2018-10-08/alas-the-store-on-every-corner-strategy-didnt-work-for-mattress-firm Brooke Vincent CodeNEXT Consultant Not Meeting Goals To Hire Women- And Minority-Owned Firms /austin/2017-10-23/codenext-consultant-not-meeting-goals-to-hire-women-and-minority-owned-firms The California-based company hired to help rewrite Austin's land development code is not meeting contractual goals to hire local minority-owned and� Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2017-10-23/codenext-consultant-not-meeting-goals-to-hire-women-and-minority-owned-firms Syeda Carrillo Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Face Big Challenges. Here's How Austin Tries to Help /business/2017-01-16/minority-and-women-owned-businesses-face-big-challenges-heres-how-austin-tries-to-help From lower wages to higher interest rates for loans, minority business owners in Austin often face disproportionate challenges. But city staff are working� Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:49:54 GMT /business/2017-01-16/minority-and-women-owned-businesses-face-big-challenges-heres-how-austin-tries-to-help Syeda Carrillo