
A blog for retailers and hospitality-related entities doing business in South Carolina. Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in the law and marketplace that affect you and your business here in the Palmetto State. By Christian Stegmaier.
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Charleston location, with two attorneys joining Collins & Lacy: workers' compensation attorney Tom Bacon and the newest member of our Retail/Hospitality Practice Group, Bennett Crites. In addition to his focus on premises liability, Bennett also practices in products liability, insurance and bad faith and commercial transportation. In terms of retail and hospitality defense, we couldn't be happier to have a presence in the South's "Holy City" for all things food...
Not your typical dual brand concept either ... If you keep up with the marketplace, you know a growing trend in the QSR (quick service restaurant) segment is dual brand concept (i.e., one restaurant...
Saw some retweets from the new Twitter handle @DrinkingTicket the other night in my timeline and clicked on it. It's essentially a realtime advisory of where police are and what they're up to in Five Points and other places in Columbia. It's only about 3 weeks old and already @DrinkingTicket has almost 7,000 followers. Not too shabby. Also read the article in today's (02/05/12) State Newspaper "Police at a party? Tweet it," about the creator of @DrinkingTicket, Alex Waelde. Waelde, a USC junior, was charged...