Belk News

Belk has selected 31 finalists for its second annual Southern Designer Showcase Competition, including from five North Carolina.

Through Saturday. Bette Davis came for dinner and stayed … and stayed … and stayed! Duke Energy Theatre, 345 N. College St.

Charlotte-based Belk Inc. found itself in the middle of an online battle between political partisans this week, when an ad featuring the company ran on conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s radio program.

For the second year in a row, Belk has issued a call for entries from talented, emerging designers and has selected 31 finalists to compete for the opportunity to have their collections sold in select Belk stores and on belk.com. Out of the nearly 300 designer applicants, the finalists listed below will travel to Belk headquarters in Charlotte, ... (more)

Former Mecklenburg County District Judge Bill Belk, already banned from holding judicial office, now faces possible punishment from the North Carolina State Bar.

Nearly three months after New Orleans hosted Super Bowl XLVII, the University of New Orleans reports the game had a $480 million net economic impact.

Employees at the Belk store in Viera on Thursday will be helping upgrade the facilities at Quest Elementary School, 8751 Trafford Dr., in Melbourne as part of the retail chain's 125 days of service to make its 125th anniversary.

Karin Kish's new website is www.growingloveproject.com. To learn more about human rights around the world, visit www.halftheskymovement.org. Karin Kish is a stay-at-home mother of two living in the suburbs of south Charlotte with her husband Jeff, who works for Belk.

Other new sign-ups to Social Madness this week are Bucket Mop and Broom Cleaning Service, which offers an array of commercial and residential cleaning services throughout North Carolina and upstate South Carolina, and two wheel frenzy, a social network for motorcycle enthusiasts and events.

Belk Inc. will invest approximately $100 million into real estate projects this fiscal year - roughly half of its planned capital spending.

Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse had everyone on the edge of their seats Wednesday night in Charlotte.

While there has not been much definitive chatter out of the league office about what will happen to future bowl tie-ins, chatter from other places has helped fill in the blanks.

A homegrown business that's been hauling goods to from the Port of Charleston for more than 30 years now is part of a Wisconsin company that's listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. The Charlotte Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field teams look to defend their respective titles on May 4-5 at the 17th Annual Atlantic 10 Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship.

Belk is a retailer with a long history that has been embracing modern retail strategies, especially e-commerce, with notable success that will help the company transcend its southern region.

Three volunteers sat at a table at Carolyn Lewis Elementary School and struggled to make fleece blankets that students could use to sit on to read.

Two Columbia clothing designers, Annabelle LaRoque, owner and designer of LaRoque Studio Boutique on Devine Street, and Heather Menzie Gressette, owner and designer of Eden Blake LLC, have been selected as finalists in Belk's 2013 Southern Designer Showcase Competition.

The BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography Center, a 39-foot-long, state-of-the-art screening center on wheels, will stop at Belk stores in the Nashville region in May to offer free, convenient mammogram screenings.

The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce's Red Bank Council will host a live auction on May 11, benefiting the Red Bank High School Health Academy, the Level Reading Room at Alpine Crest Elementary and the Red Bank Council Economic Development Committee.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is spending his off-season filling up men’s closets – and it’s about football jerseys.