Retail

Customer traffic on Black Friday rose 0.5 percent on the traditional start to the holiday shopping season.

Cuckoo Nest keeps customers on time.

Walgreen Co. plans to open new drugstores in Yonkers and Scarsdale in 2010.

Stamford-based Philips Norelco has recruited football legend Mike Ditka to help sell razors.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller renewed his attack on a trio of Norwalk companies.

Erika Lieberman of Tarrytown composes soundscapes for role-playing and tabletop games.

Mount Kisco business owners have employed innovative strategies to grow their companies.

The Foundation for the Mount Kisco Public Library works with village merchants and organizations to boost vitality.

Bedford resident Susan Kleiman launches Ross Daniel Adaptive Apparel, a line of clothes for special needs children.

New Rochelle’s I.B. Cohen has been in business for over 100 years.

Hands-free ice from a Norwalk native.

The Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce looks forward to 2010.

Funkoos in Danbury produces organic baby apparel, but has no immediate desire to become the next Greenpeace, they say.

A store that blurs inside and outside worlds.

Northeast grocery giants Stop & Shop and ShopRite want to open new stores in the town of Greenburgh.