Retail

Several Kmart locations nationwide, including the store in Fitchburg, will close by early October, the company announced Friday.

Two first-time festivals, one for beer and another for wine, will come to Worcester starting later this...

House Speaker Robert DeLeo asked House lawmakers negotiating a recreational marijuana bill to suspend their talks with the Senate Wednesday night until a budget compromise can be struck.

Design Center West, a furniture and decor store, has moved into Marlborough's Solomon Pond Mall after 40 years in Framingham.

The new private owner of Staples, Sycamore Partners, reportedly intends to split the Framingham office retailer in three to help fund the purchase.

The House and Senate on Friday afternoon banged out of Beacon Hill for the holiday weekend, signaling that deals on a marijuana bill and a fiscal 2018 state budget are still out of reach.

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts on Thursday waded deeper into its exploration of a possible ballot question in 2018 to lower the state's sales tax.

A new community gathering spot featuring public performance, retail, and pop-up business space was launched in Ashland on Wednesday.

Staples will go private by December as New York City private equity firm Sycamore Partners announced Wednesday evening plans to purchase the Framingham office supply retailer for $6.9 billion.

MBTA overseers plan to take a cautious first sip, rather than a big gulp, of advertising revenue from the booze industry.