Retail Therapy: Updates

I'm sad to report that two great local shops are closing or moving:

* I Spy Vintage Decor & More at 1845 Market St. in San Francisco will soon be closing its doors. Between now and August 30, everything in the store is 35 percent off.

(The good news: Owner Lynnore Goldfarb is planning to reopen as an online-only shop. And the retail space her store currently occupies will be transformed into Rare Device, run by transplanted Brooklynite Rena Tom and San Francisco artist Lisa Congdon. Very exciting.)

* Loot Antiques at 5358 College Ave. in Oakland is moving to 3598 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette as of October 2.

From September 1 through 30, most items at the Oakland location will be marked down 10 to 50 percent.

Snap up some deals before both stores are but a memory.