Retail

Stockholders in Framingham-based TJX Cos. will see a 20-percent increase in dividends in two months as the parent of off-price retailers T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods and Marshalls continues to grow revenue and profits.

<i>(From the March 30 print edition)</i> When Grossman Development Group LLC, the force behind a mixed-use project at the site of the former Spag's in Shrewsbury, officially signed two new commercial tenants earlier this month, President Howard Grossman said one factor drove their interest.

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AllCare Plus Pharmacy Inc. recently purchased an office building in Northborough, and will relocate its headquarters there from Worcester, according to a statement from Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates.

The city of Worcester has agreed to sell the former Worcester County Courthouse to a New Hampshire developer that specializes in historic properties for $1.2 million, according to a statement from City Manager Edward Augustus' office.

Electronic devices used to deliver hits of nicotine would be treated like cigarettes under regulations proposed Tuesday by Attorney General Maura Healey that would ban free samples and restrict sales to people at least 18 years old.

In the end, Radio Shack didn't know its own identity. In what will most likely be a major case study in business schools, the once world-famous electronics chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will close most of its Central Massachusetts stores.

An overwhelming majority of voters in our poll for the week of March 2 endorsed recent actions by Wal-Mart and Framingham-based TJX Cos., the parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, to increase their floor wages to $9 an hour this year.

The future of the old Spag's site on Route 9 in Shrewsbury is continuing to take shape, with two new tenants bolstering the “high end” feel that the proposed Lakeway Commons plaza brings to the neighborhood, said Jay Thomas, chairman of the Lakeway Business District Association.

The majority of small business leaders, 87 percent, are optimistic about the year ahead, according to a recent Staples' small business survey conducted online by Research Now.