GEORGETOWN, TX-A Texas-based chain wants to be the 21st century equivalent of the barber shop--but with locations everywhere.

CINCINNATI-It was a good quarter for Big Boy, but Golden Corral's comps slipped.

CHICAGO-At stake: 4.6 million-plus sf of office properties in metro Chicago. The players: A half-dozen competing interests and personalities. The conclusion: Too soon to call.

WEST CHESTER, PA-Electronics Boutique had a good holiday season, but a gaming hardware shortage kept it from being better.

INDIANAPOLIS-Athletic shoe retailer Finish Line has acquired Man Alive, a specialist in hip-hop fashion retailing, for $12 million.

SIDNEY, NE-The outdoors retailer will bring one of its destination stores to suburban Minneapolis.

ST. LOUIS-Same-store sales for Build-A-Bear ballooned 23% in its Q4, and Vermont Teddy Bear's orders in December also grew healthily.

INDIANAPOLIS-The athletic shoe and accessory store chain turns in an 8% percent increase in comp-store sales in its third fiscal quarter.