BD Kitchen Co. in Towne Center closing

Take out: BD Kitchen Co., one of the city’s few locally owned kitchen stores, is closing its Towne Center location at the end of the month, less than two years after opening. Owners Bill Bethea and Ronnie Daley attribute their decision to permanently shutter the store to a lack of marketing support from shopping center management and a lack of foot traffic, the latter being a common complaint of retailers located on the “back,” or Jefferson Highway side, of the development. Click here to read the full story from Daily Report.