Look + Feel

Organizers of the 2017 Grand Rapids Mud Run, a mud filled 5K, promise to up the anti this year with new obstacles and rearranged favorites.

A retailer of “timeless style” is about to open its first store in Grand Rapids.

Stock up on this month's trendiest styles.

A long-anticipated department store is ready for shoppers.

When Jean Stoffer was running her interior design business out of her home, it meant projects spilling over into almost every available space, coupled with a growing staff and client visits that forced the issue.

Grand Rapids photographer Brett Farmer traveled downtown and to Grandville to showcase how the "Stay Home, Stay Safe" order has eliminated most traffic.

A nonprofit that serves homeless residents is opening two new thrift stores in the area.

A women’s clothing boutique in town is closing.

A retailer that sells "timeless style" for women, men, children and the home is coming to Grand Rapids.

A denim-focused retailer has opened in a local shopping center.

A Midwest retailer is continuing its West Michigan expansion.

A beauty retailer is planning to open a new store in the area.

A local entrepreneur has launched a line of “cruelty-free, vegan lip glosses” geared toward young girls.

A longtime stylist is opening a new salon and boutique in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids.

Your feet might just hold the secret to better health.

A waxing studio is moving to a major retail corridor in town.

Waco, Texas isn’t the only place to go if you want to capture the Magnolia Home style seen on HGTV’s “Fixer Upper.”

A “lifestyle” retailer focused on “inspiring customers” has opened its first location in West Michigan.

A new indoor cycling studio is preparing to open at a shopping center in town.

Imagine laying in a pool of water but not even being able to feel its touch against your skin. That’s what it’s like inside one of three sensory deprivation floating tanks at Phlot, a new floating spa in Eastown.