Retail

A 77-room Holiday Inn Express opened last month on Route 20, and as soon as September, work will begin on a new building with 28 hotel rooms at the Publick House.

Westminster-based hardware store chain Aubuchon Hardware will close its Westminster distribution facility by the end of the year, CEO Will Aubuchon said.

"The sales tax holiday gives consumers a much needed break and supports business across the commonwealth for our hardworking retailers," Baker said.

HomeGoods and T.J. Maxx are switching plazas in Milford, leaving the Quarry Square Shopping Center in favor of the new Milford Crossing.

The Legislature slipped off Beacon Hill for the summer without even voting on a sales tax holiday, the weekend-long dose of tax relief that lawmakers and retailers have celebrated in past years.

The Pleasant Valley Crossing shopping center in Sutton has expanded by nearly four acres with the purchase of adjacent soccer fields.

Staples is in talks to spin off all of its retain locations to its office-supply rival Office Depot, The New York Post reported Monday, citing anonymous sources.

A Suffolk Superior Court judge this week ruled in favor of Total Wine & More in a case surrounding the issue of liquor pricing.

Westborough-based BJ's Wholesale Club has launched a new mobile site, the first in a series of enhancements to its digital offerings.

This year, MacNeill Engineering merged with Tennessee-based competitor PrideSports to combine forces in an increasingly competitive industry.