Gilligan says farewell to Biz Buzz

Since May of 1993, Gregory Gilligan of the Richmod Times-Dispatch, has penned his "Biz Buzz" column, focusing on topics like the openings and closings of stores, the comings and goings of local businesses and the introductions and failures of products and concepts.
Now 15 years later, Gilligan is changing roles to become the paper's deputy business editor. He is passing the torch, and his column, to Louis Llovio who covers retail and advertising.
Today, Gilligan wrote his last column, a farewell note to his loyal readers.

"It has been a great run of columns -- roughly 780 of them. Many times, the news was ahead of the curve, often to the chagrin of those businesses or stores that tried to keep the information quiet. Sniffing out the news was tough at times, but it was fun.
In the past 15 years, I have received countless phone calls, letters and e-mails from readers thanking me for telling them about a new development, a new shop or a nugget of news about a local company or chain. Because my photo has appeared here every week, readers have stopped me in the grocery store, at the mall, in church and even in New York City to tell me how much they enjoy reading the column or to pick my brain."

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