BUFFALO CENTER, Iowa — You’ve heard the stories from rural America about struggling stores on small-town main streets. This ...

BUFFALO CENTER, Iowa — You’ve heard the stories from rural America about struggling stores ... “That’s me,” laughs Tim’s 94-year-old dad, seated at a sewing machine a few feet from ...

That same year, the Wheeling native was gifted a sewing machine for Christmas by her parents, and she quickly began stitching together her new future, which centered on fashion, design and business.

A Great British Sewing Bee finalist is encouraging others to "make and mend" their own clothes in an attempt to slow down fast-fashion. Student Pascha Al-Qassab was 20-years-old when she began ...

"How 1950s machines helped children learn to read. David Hoffman presents captivating documentaries and archival news clips that explore the evolution of American life over the past century NFL ...

Clawtopus, a claw machine store located at Sim Lim Square last Sunday (Oct 27). The three dolls that were stolen included a Halloween Labubu and a Pronounce Labubu worth about $38 each ...

A brand new way of being surveilled could be coming to a store near you—a facial recognition system designed to detect when retail workers have anomalous interactions with customers. About a ...

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When it comes to holiday shopping, if you're on time, you might already be too late. Many retail stores have started preparing for upcoming holidays earlier than ever. Halloween items hit shelves ...

To document the machines’ history, Bette kept an index card on every machine — where it was built, who used it, and its back story. Boellstorff died in 2012, and the family recently decided that her ...