| Henry's Acme gets makeover
Henry's Acme has a new look, inside and out. The walls are freshly painted with vibrant colors at the Vernon Odom Boulevard grocery store and more space has been created by removing the pharmacy and knocking out walls to enhance customer service. A grand opening to show off the $100,000 worth of improvements and renovations is slated for next Saturday. ''As you enter the building, the front is more user-friendly,'' said franchise owner Henry Johnson Sr., who took over the store in 2000. ''There are no obstacles, the shopping carts have been moved outside.'' The carts are located near the front in a roofed open area. ''The building has 27,000 square feet. The additional space in the front has opened up to the 'hot points,' a better display of mass merchandise items on sale and a more inviting produce section,'' he said.
Beehive of business activity creates buzz in West End
If you like to shop until you drop and don't want to stop, then there's very good news coming your way in Timmins. These are the glory days in terms of economic prosperity and development in the City With a Heart of Gold. The Daily Press has confirmed the massive buildup of the city's West End will continue at a breakneck pace over the next several months. Mark Jensen, the city's director of development services, has confirmed several new retail outlets will be built in the city's West End. Construction is underway on some projects, but most are expected to begin construction in the spring. The majority of these new stores should be open to shoppers by late summer or early fall of 2008. Confirmed among the retailers coming to the West End are Michael's Arts and Crafts, Dollarama and a new Tim Hortons, which will be a larger version of an existing franchise at 929 Riverside Dr.
Anita Roddick, 64, ‘Queen of Green' Founded Body Shop
Anita Roddick, who died yesterday at 64 after suffering a brain hemorrhage, was a globe-trotting hippie who in 1976 founded the Body Shop as a small cosmetics store in southern England, and then built it into an international powerhouse with $1 billion in annual sales in 50 countries. She managed to do so while making her firm a leader in dozens of causes: workers' rights, prison reform, environmentalism, and opposition to animal testing. The chain specializes in natural products, including ingredients such as tea-tree oil, African salt, and Brazil nuts harvested by Kayapo Indians. In the early days, Roddick urged customers to bring their used containers back for refills to cut down on packaging waste. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003 for "services to retailing, the environment, and charity," and sold the business in 2006 to the world's largest cosmetics maker, L'Oreal SA, in a deal valued at $1.2 billion.
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