A new dispensary at Irving Street and Ninth Avenue has the distinction of being SF’s closest pot shop to Golden Gate Park, and Solful has just opened, and is recognizable with its fresh green coat of paint.

The founder of the 28-year-old youth violence prevention organization United Playaz, Rudy Corpuz Jr., will hit new highs with the grand opening of his new Stiiizy dispensary at Fourth and Brannan Streets on Saturday.

Bad news for SF fans of the midcentury knockoff sofas and other modern accouterments sold by CB2 — the brand's 15-year-old store on Ellis Street, next to the newly open Central Subway entrance, is giving up the ghost.

Vacation owner Kristin Klein opened a sister shop, Work, with her friend and business partner Sam Poole. You’ll find Work just four doors down from Vacation at 1445 Grant Avenue.

A new concept boutique and social club called Mikroblack (pronounced 'micro-black'), featuring only black clothing and accessories, has opened at 2323 Market Street, formerly D&H Jewelers.

Banking customers at the Wells Fargo branch inside the Church & Market Safeway (2020 Market St.) will soon have to find a new location.

Effective December 21, one of SF’s favorite homegrown grocery chains Gus's Community Market will take over operations at Glen Park’s Canyon Market, and not one single employee will be losing their job at the Christmastime transition.

One of San Francisco’s busiest shopping areas is losing another big retailer: The Container Store. But it's just moving elsewhere in SoMa.

After nearly 12 years, Castro neighborhood fine jeweler D&H Jewelers (2323 Market St.) has departed and moved to a new location in the Mission.

The OfficeMax that wouldn’t die has finally succumbed to online retail and pandemic business loss, with the SoMa office supply store’s signage now ripped down and tagging quickly sprayed all over the building.

Women’s knitwear designer Kenlynn Wilson doesn’t shy away from color. While you’ll find neutral and muted-hued pieces in her new North Beach pop-up (1522 Grant Avenue), her vibrant jewel-toned creations steal the show.

It appears to be becoming a new retail real estate trend: Large shuttered drug stores in San Francisco that offer loads of space are being reenvisioned into smaller chunks of space for retail or offices.

Another pop-up is moving into Union Square: Smartphone maker Samsung is about to open up a temporary shopping experience inside the former Uniqlo store at 111 Powell Street.