Retail

Retail sales in the U.S. jumped 4.1 percent last month over October 2013 and inched upward by 0.3 percent from September, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Littleton-based retailer of equestrian products, Dover Saddlery Inc. reported a 9 percent jump in revenue, thanks to the performance of its brick-and-mortar stores.

Geronimo Properties of Leominster said it purchased the SouthFitch Shopping Center, a 30,000- square-foot retail property at the corner of John Fitch Highway and Summer Street.

The potential presence of metal shards from a mixer's dough hook has caused Price Chopper Supermarkets to recall some in-store bakery fresh breads sold at its Spencer location between Sept. 12 and 15, the company said.

Tesla Motors can continue to sell its electric cars directly to Massachusetts customers after the state's highest court threw out a lawsuit seeking to block Tesla sales.

The board of directors for Framingham-based office supply retailer Staples Inc. on Tuesday announced a quarterly dividend of 12 cents per share.

Littleton-based Dover Saddlery Retail Inc. (Nasdaq: DOVR) will continue its nationwide expansion when it opens a new retail store in Wellington, Fla. this fall, the company announced.

Two Main Street properties in downtown Hudson were recently sold and a third is under agreement, according to Concord commercial real estate firm O'Brien Commercial Properties, giving the area an apparent edge in downtown revitalization. With a doughnut shop slated for the former Salvation Army thrift store on Main Street, and a portion of the former Larkin Lumber site on Main Street sold for potential redevelopment, plus a couple of new bars in the works, economic development officials have reason to celebrate.

In a continued bid to boost online shopping as it scales back its retail store footprint, Framingham-based office supply retailer Staples Inc. said it is now offering maximum in-store pickup wait times of two hours for online orders.

Dunkin Donuts has opened two new locations in California in preparation for a large expansion into the Golden State.