Strictly Business

From Business Today:

For years Goodwill Industries, the Salvation Army and Amvets have operated large, successful thrift stores across Western New York. Now a for-profit company is moving in on their turf. Savers, a Washington-based company, is opening a thrift store in Hamburg. It links up with a local charity, and sells donated goods and donates some of the proceeds to the charity. 

The Buffalo Auto Show opens Wednesday at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, and the stars of the show may be the hybrid and electric cars. The Chevy Volt will be on a rotating display, as will some other gas sippers. But don't worry. There will be plenty of muscle cars, too.

Here are the recent real estate transactions in Erie and Niagara counties.