The Kansas City area has seen the number of high-end doughnut shops go from a sprinkling to covering the metro like a fine glaze the past few months, but one entrant has closed just after undergoing a rapid expansion.
Doughnut Lounge grew earlier this year from its single location in Westport to spots in North Kansas City and Overland Park, but it appears to have gone out of business, The Kansas City Star reports. Signs on all three say the stores are closed; the phones are disconnected; and the…KC’s fancy-doughnut mania will have a hole
The Kansas City area has seen the number of high-end doughnut shops go from a sprinkling to covering the metro like a fine glaze the past few months, but one entrant has closed just after undergoing a rapid expansion.
Doughnut Lounge grew earlier this year from its single location in Westport to spots in North Kansas City and Overland Park, but it appears to have gone out of business, The Kansas City Star reports. Signs on all three say the stores are closed; the phones are disconnected; and the…
KCBJ offers a fast glance at other headlines.
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Sprint Corp. finds itself on an upward path when it comes to the news, while bigger competitors Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. take their turns languishing.
The cycle started with the Overland Park telecommunications company issuing a preliminary quarterly report that included an uptick in revenue (up 3 percent to $8.25 billion), a bump in new customers and drop in churn.
It continued with the success of its new spectrum-backed bond issue, which has the double benefit of preparing Sprint…