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Local
· New Soho Equinox is oh so hip [Chic Report]
· There's a Billabong shop in Herald Square now [Fashion Herald]
· Brokers of One Hanson hoping Microsoft opens store there [Brooklyn Paper]
National
· Many chains struggling, slowing expansion [NY Times]
· Amazon not going to charge you sales tax if it has any say in the matter [NYT]
· Dr. Martens wants you to design their shoes [Core77]
· The new BlackBerry flip phone, revealed [Boy Genius Report]
· Home Depot shuttering 15 stores [Reuters]