People shop in downtown Salem in the winter. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Plastic bags that already disappeared from checkout stands at big grocers and other large retailers in Salem will soon be gone from small shops, too. Starting Sept. 1, retailers under 10,000 square feet in size — convenience[Read More…]

The site of the proposed Kuebler Gateway Shopping Center in South Salem. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) A sprawling shopping center on Kuebler Boulevard, anchored by a Costco Wholesale, will likely go back before Salem City Council. The State Land Use Board of Appeals on Wednesday remanded the council’s decision from December,[Read More…]

Skaters at Salem On Ice pictured in December 2018. An organizer said the rink saw a 20 percent drop in skaters, prompting a cancellation of year three. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter files) Salem on Ice is, well, on ice. Organizers of the ice rink, which set up shop at Riverfront Park[Read More…]

Rigado, headquartered in South Salem, sold a division of its company to a Swiss company called u-blox. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Salem technology company Rigado is selling a piece of its business that helps connect devices to the internet. The company, founded in 2010 and headquartered in south Salem, announced the[Read More…]

The 1-million-square-foot fulfillment center in southeast Salem, pictured on June 21. The Seattle-based online retailer is expected to hire 1,000 people soon to staff it. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) If business is a jungle, Dean Craig sees a coming shakeup in Salem’s food chain. One of the biggest companies in the[Read More…]

Bruce Taylor, long-time publisher of the Salem Business Journal, is joining Salem Reporter as its first director of advertising sales. Taylor has published the monthly business newspaper since 2004. He also is the publisher of Salem Magazine. “With his deep knowledge of Salem, its businesses and consumers, and today’s marketing[Read More…]

Bryon Neal Daniels, co-owner of The Gray Lab, works at his office in downtown Salem. Daniels is among a number of downtown business owners who say the area is booming with more residents and service-oriented businesses. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) A coworking space isn’t what Scott McLeod expected. It took decades[Read More…]