98.7 WFGR Classic Hits » closing http://wfgr.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:05:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Downtown Grand Rapids Loses Longest Operating Store http://wfgr.com/downtown-grand-rapids-loses-longest-operating-store/ http://wfgr.com/downtown-grand-rapids-loses-longest-operating-store/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:26:18 +0000 Matt Hendricks http://wfgr.com/?p=83660 WZZM-13 is reporting that Downtown Grand Rapids is losing what may be its longest continually-operating store - Van Hoecks Shoes.

Owner Greg Clarin says the store has been losing money for four years. High rent and low traffic get the blame, along with an aging customer base and internet sales competition.

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