Retail : Innovation & Job News

2Armadillos, the local chickpea snackmakers, want to replace chips and pretzels with spiced, roasted garbanzos. Business is booming, as more and more folk cry, "Let's hear it for legumes!"

Hugh & Crye, the Georgetown and online purveyor of better-fitting dress shirts for men, is expanding and hiring.

Anacostia's coworking space, The HIVE 2.0, welcomes new members (and a wedding--really) and gets set to open Nurish Cafe.

Spectrum Sense, a wholesaler in Rockville for colorful, high-quality earphones, is bringing awareness to bullying and cyberbullying with a purple earphone campaign.

Herban Lifestyle, a company that makes and sells natural and organic bath and body products, has opened a retail location in Fairfax.

Waveborn, the sunglasses company with a conscience, is moving toward B2B and wants to bring 10 good companies to their online wholesale marketplace.

GROWL, a local company that creates cold-brew coffee concentrate, is raising $5K on crowdfunding site Clovest to produce and market handcrafted, flavored lattes.

YaSabe, the "Spanish Yellow Pages," has added an online national restaurant guide.

GoMoto, a startup out of Dulles-based Fishbowl Labs, wants to reengineer the car-shopping experience.

iStrategy Labs celebrates one year in its new office by hiring its 35th employee. 

Shop Local Week in D.C. is slated for Nov 30-Dec 8; Think Local First has partnered with local startup Causetown for a Charity Cash Mob.

Runway Wheels, a mobile boutique dedicated completely to consignment and college students, is doing pop-up events in the District and looking for angel funding.

Lanham, Md.-based Optoro is bringing its remarketing business to the District, along with 20 jobs.

Now that Aplomb & The Creative Conspiracy has met its $7,000 Kickstarter goal, the Affinity Lab-based T-shirt company can get down to promoting up-and-coming artists.

CO Everywhere, a hyperlocal "what's happening around you" app, integrates social media feeds for an integrated look at a restaurant, street, block, city or more.