Retailers are changing their gun policies, upcoming pop-ups on the Pearl and more information on San Antonio retailers

After a series of deadly mass shots and pressure from some customers and employees, several retailers changed their policies and asked customers not to openly carry firearms to their stores in states where the open port is open. authorized.

Walmart has announced that it is asking customers not to open their guns openly in Walmart or Sam's Club stores unless they are law enforcement officials. Kroger, Wegmans, Walgreens and CVS Health have followed suit.

Walmart also announced that it would stop selling short barrel and handgun ammunition, reducing its market share of ammunition by 20% to 6 to 9% and ending arms sales. fist in Alaska. Walmart stopped selling handguns in other states years ago.

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The company does not change its hidden portering policy by licensed customers.

"We know these decisions will embarrass some of our clients and we hope they understand," said CEO Doug McMillon in a statement. "As a society, we have experienced two horrible events in a week and we will never be the same again."

According to Mr. McMillon, Walmart will continue to sell other types of weapons, noting that the founder of the company, Sam Walton, was a passionate hunter and that McMillon himself owned a firearm.

"In a complex situation without a simple solution, we try to take constructive measures to reduce the risk of such events happening again," he said. "The status quo is unacceptable."

Four mass shootings occurred in August, including two in the Walmart stores of El Paso and Southaven, Missouri. The company recently announced that it would remove violent video games, road signs and videos in its stores.

This is not the first time Walmart has changed its policies. In 2015, he stopped selling AR-15s and other rifles. Last year, after a lethal shootout at a high school in Parkland, Florida, the retailer announced that it would raise the minimum age to buy a gun or ammunition at age 21 .

Temporary stores to open at the pearl

Three new pop-ups will open at the Pearl this fall as part of a series featuring the San Antonio and Dallas brands. Each of them will be open for about a month in the Dielmann Building at 200 E. Grayson St., Suite 100.

Miron Crosby, scheduled to open Sept. 12, will offer boots for women, men and children. The Dallas-based brand was created by sisters Lizzie Means Duplantis and Sarah Means.

Period Modern, which opens its doors Oct. 15, will feature mid – century artists and local artists.

Hello Diseño Mexico, due to open on Nov. 29, will showcase contemporary Mexican design with clothing, jewelry, furniture and other products, and "present San Antonio's flourishing contemporary design scene in Guadalajara" .

More restaurants, shops, sales

Tesla's only local service center site is on the market for $ 4.75 million. The facility will remain a Tesla service center operated by the company.

"We only sell the real estate revenues and cash flows generated by Tesla as a tenant," said Spencer Henderson, associate director of B + E, an investment brokerage firm that manages the property. inscription of the property at 23011 I-10. West near the Dominion.

Author Jenny Lawson, nicknamed online "The Bloggess", plans to open a bookstore and bar at Alamo Heights this year.

She said she recently signed a lease for space in the 5000 block of Broadway. The site, which once housed El Paso Import Co., will require major renovations, but Lawson hopes to open Nowhere Bookshop by December.

According to a document filed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Crunch Fitness hopes to find a place at 8725 Marbach Rd. Space renovations are expected to be completed in April.

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