Retail

The Baker administration's plan to levy heavy per-employee assessments on businesses that don't meet proposed health insurance...

In a retail environment consistently squeezed by online sales, TJX has found just where it needs to be. It's an off-price retailer that doesn't need to compete for the latest fashions but instead offers surprises for shoppers.

Worcester gave Millbury resident Renee King a $5,000 grant and $10,000 loan to realize her dessert expansion dreams.

Worcester will get the second Massachusetts location of the soup, salads and sandwiches chain Zoup! when it opens on Main Street on Thursday.

Wormtown Brewery will sell its beers outside Massachusetts for the first time in April when a Rhode Island distributor starts delivering the Worcester brews.

Westborough convenience store chain Cumberland Farms has reached 600 employees at its distribution center after a $15 million expansion.

Senate President Stanley Rosenberg told businesses and shoppers "stay tuned" on potential for a sales tax holiday this summer.

Total Wine & More has opened its third Massachusetts location at White City Shopping Center on Route 9 in Shrewsbury.

TJX, the parent of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, could expand by 1,800 stores in the long term to about 5,600 locations.

Potential developers of the vacant Worcester County Courthouse are touring the building, a few months after a sale of the building fell through.