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Market Basket at Maynard Crossing to open Friday
December 3, 2020A new Market Basket location will open at Maynard Crossing on Friday, the grocery store chain announced on social media on Sunday.
December 3, 2020
Greendale Mall-to-Amazon would be a first for New England
November 30, 2020The Greendale Mall, now down to a single tenant, wasn't especially unusual as a fading shopping mall at a time when retail is struggling. But the Worcester mall's apparent fate as a future Amazon warehouse would make it a first: the only shopping
November 30, 2020
New Greendale Mall plan calls for demolition in favor of apparent Amazon warehouse
Updated: November 25, 2020Plans for remaking the Greendale Mall site in Worcester have changed dramatically. Now, the mall's owner wants to demolish the largely vacant mall in order to build a warehouse and distribution center for a tenant that appears to be Amazon.
Updated: November 25, 2020
TJX launching rare online sales component with HomeGoods
November 24, 2020TJX Cos. has for years been an exception to the typical struggle of brick-and-mortar retailers, with what it pitches as a treasure hunt-like experience. Now, though, the Framingham retailer is making a new move online.
November 24, 2020
Planned Milford Amazon site sells for $53M
November 23, 2020A sprawling planned Amazon distribution warehouse site in Milford has sold for nearly $53 million, months after the online retail giant signed a lease agreement for the property.
November 23, 2020
TJX reports $867M in profits during Q3
November 18, 2020Framingham retail store parent company TJX Cos., Inc. reported $867 million in net income during the company’s third quarter, which ended on Oct. 31, according to an earnings report released Wednesday.
November 18, 2020
WBJ Podcast: The pandemic’s impact on North Central Mass. businesses
November 17, 2020Roy Nascimento, CEO and president of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, joins The Weekly Business Report to discuss the results of the chamber's survey showing in-depth how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the business
November 17, 2020
DCU Center field hospital forces Worcester Wares move
November 16, 2020The DCU Center in Worcester will again be used as a coronavirus field hospital, meaning one of the facility's retail tenants, retailer Worcester Wares, has to make way.
November 16, 2020
Cumberland Farms parent acquires Colorado gas station firm
November 12, 2020EG Group, whose American operations are based in Westborough, has entered into an agreement to acquire Colorado-based Schrader Oil.
November 12, 2020
Malls stare down pandemic, increased vacancies
Updated: November 9, 2020From the high-end Natick Mall to Solomon Pond Mall to the Mall at Whitney Field and elsewhere, retail plazas already struggling with closing chains are now facing an even more uncertain future because of the pandemic.
Updated: November 9, 2020
Aldi supermarket opens in Natick
November 5, 2020The discount supermarket chain Aldi has moved into Natick with a new store in the Cloverleaf Plaza across from the Natick Mall.
November 5, 2020-
Amazon establishing major new Milford warehouse
November 5, 2020Amazon is building a 320,000-square-foot distribution warehouse at a former bottling facility in Milford, and growing operations at a second such site in town with expanded worker parking.
November 5, 2020 
Miami group buys Worcester plaza with Price Chopper for $4M
November 3, 2020The property on which a Price Chopper sits in the Broadmeadow Brook area of Worcester has been sold for $4 million to a Miami property investment group.
November 3, 2020
TJX elects former food executive Jose Alvarez to its board
October 8, 2020Framingham retail parent company TJX Cos. has elected José Alvarez to the company’s board of directors. Alvarez rejoins the board after previously serving from 2007 to 2018.
October 8, 2020
Vogue Plaza in Fitchburg sells for $1.2M
October 6, 2020A Fitchburg retail plaza on Airport Road has sold for just over $1.2 million.
October 6, 2020
WBJ Podcast: A restaurateur's 17-month odyssey to get Worcester diners to enjoy poke
October 1, 2020Jim Way founded the Worcester location of Island Fin Poke in July 2019, despite the raw fish bowls not yet being a well-known dish for New Englanders. After a rough few months, sales were starting to spike right when COVID-19 hit.
October 1, 2020
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