Retail

The Shaw's supermarket on Worcester Road in Webster will close due to underperformance, the company announced.

The flagship location in a chain of women's underwear stores closed last week, putting 60 out of work.

Developers announced the soft opening of a $25-million baseball complex at the junction of Route 20 and Route 9 in Northborough this summer, which will be home to the New England Ruffnecks Baseball program.

Medway-based fitness equipment maker Cybex International is recalling 234 free weight benches that can collapse and pose an injury risk, U.S. regulators said.

Staples is expanding its program that allows home and business owners to control energy use from handheld devices, according to announcement today from the Framingham-based office supply retailer and the company it has partnered with in the venture.

It's home to the headquarters for Staples, Bose and uTest, as well as a Genzyme campus slated for an $80-million expansion. But what's there to do for the several thousand employees working near Exit 12 of the Massachusetts Turnpike once they finish work each day?

Staples will next week begin selling everything from cleaning products to technology to breakroom snacks, the Framingham-based retailer announced today.

Bob's Discount Furniture, which has nearly 50 retail stores throughout the Northeast, including three in Central Massachusetts, is being sold to Bain Capital, the retailer announced today.

A Springfield-based real estate investment firm has purchased the Uxbridge Center shopping plaza for $15.28 million.

Massachusetts retailers hoping to ring in robust holiday sales may not have fared as well as their counterparts in 47 other states thanks to state “blue laws” that prevented shop owners from opening on Thanksgiving evening, according to one retail expert.