Retail

The Westborough-based online auction company Paid Inc. has hit a setback in its patent infringement lawsuit filed against e-commerce giant eBay in December 2013 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ruling it has failed to claim patent eligible subject matter.

Cost Plus World Market announced the opening of its first Massachusetts store, located in the Shoppers World plaza on Worcester Road in Framingham. The store will open doors on Oct. 1 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Seeking to protect children from the harms of nicotine products, Attorney General Maura Healey has published the final set regulations of regarding electronic smoking devices, or e-cigarettes.

U.S. retail and food services sales were up 0.2 percent in August, in line with market expectations and continuing a positive trend.

The Massachusetts House is advancing a bill that would allow certain ethnic food markets to open on Thanksgiving and Christmas, two of the holidays on which grocery stores and other retailers are not permitted to do business in Massachusetts.

Allstar Supply of Canton, Conn., and Sudbury, has expanded its packaging business presence with the purchase of the ESP Packaging Division from Eastern States Packaging of Stoughton, Allstar said Friday.

Rep. Kay Khan wants to put dietary supplements for weight loss and muscle building behind store counters and make them unavailable for sale to people under the age of 18.

AAA Northeast reported Tuesday that average gasoline prices in Massachusetts are down 7 cents from last week.

(Updated at 12:42 p.m.) Beginning on September 8, Christopher J. Baldwin will take over as the president and chief operating officer of Westborough-based BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., the company announced Monday.

Price Chopper Supermarkets has issued a recall on rotisserie chickens sold at its 50 Cambridge St. store in Worcester between 10:30 a.m. and noon on Thursday.