Retail

Cultivate Holdings, a Leicester-based medical marijuana dispensary, has been awarded the first provisional retail license from the Cannabis Control Commission.

BJ's Wholesale Club shares spiked from a $17 debut Thursday on the retailer's initial public offering, hitting $22 by the close of the day.

Lakeway Commons has signed three new leases, bringing the Shrewsbury shopping center to full capacity less than a year after its opening.

As it becomes evident that there will be no legal recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts in early July, advocates behind the 2016 legalization ballot question placed the blame Wednesday on municipalities and the attorney general.

Gov. Charlie Baker signed a new law Thursday that could affect virtually every resident of Massachusetts, a week after lawmakers settled months of negotiations over proposed ballot questions that could have had dramatic consequences for the state's finances and economy.

A Leicester medical marijuana shop could be the first to be awarded a retail license from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission.

Framingham office supply retailer Staples has acquired a Tennessee office products dealer in its first acquisition since going private last year.

The coalition of more than 100 labor, community and faith-based groups behind a proposed ballot question to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour has agreed to drop that question from the ballot if a bill is signed.

There will be no legal recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts on July 1.

A bill to keep the Pawtucket Red Sox from moving to Worcester has yet to be signed by the governor, and the team has yet to commit to staying.