Union Market to Expand; Macy's to Hire a Boatload of Elves

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PARK SLOPE—Brooklyn-based gourmet grocery Union Market has confirmed plans to open its fifth store in the former home of Sette restaurant on Seventh Avenue and Third Street in Park Slope. The growing company has two other Park Slope locations, plus a store on Court Street in Cobble Hill and an as-yet-unfinished space on Houston Street and Avenue A. [Here's Park Slope; Previously]

HERALD SQUARE—Macy's plans to hire 80,000 new workers for the holiday season. Related: It's not even Halloween yet and we're already talking about Christmas. [CNN Money]