Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Spectrum-India, an imports store on Providence’s Thayer Street, will close on May 25 after 59 years in business.

The retailer was known in the seventies for bringing Indian textiles to American fashion. Since then, its location on Thayer Street has been a destination for goods from incense to crystals to jewelry. Today, it is one of the oldest businesses on a street increasingly known for rapid turnover.

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