Deserres

We round up what local businesses are doing to attract the student dollar and handle the onslaught of frosh stocking up with supplies.

Tags: Shoptalk, Art, Back to school, Carlito's Cafe, Coburg Coffee House, Coffee, Deserres, Economy, Furniture, Just Us! Coffeehouse, NSCAD, Retail, shopping, Students, Wired Monk, Wyse Buys Trading Inc., Carlitos Cafe, Just Us! Coffeehouse, Barrington, Coburg Social

From Scotia Square to the Maritime Centre, there might be a few bald patches along Barrington Street, but there's still lots of shopping to do.

Tags: Shoptalk, Neighbourhood Shopping, Attica Furnishings, Barrington Place Shops, Bookstores, CD Plus, Certainly Cinnamon, Ciboulette, Clothing Stores, Deserres, Development, Downtown, Elephant's Eye Cafe, Fireworks Gallery, Freak Lunchbox, Hilltribe Designs, Niche, Peepshow Girly Boutique, Random Play, Record Stores, Restaurants, Retail, Scotia Square Food Court, Sex Shops, Shopping Malls, Studio In Essence, The Hub, Venus Envy, Freak Lunchbox, Halifax, Niche Lounge