Retail

Retail sales rose 0.7 percent in November, topping economists' forecasts, as sales of cars and building materials surged during the early holiday shopping season.

National auto parts retailer O'Reilly Auto Parts will be bringing at least 300 employees over the next few years to a recently purchased distribution facility in Devens.

A Malden investor has purchased the Marlborough Village Plaza for $5.68 million.

The owners of BJ's Wholesale Club are interesting in buying Hess Corp. gas stations, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the potential deal.

A retail store selling a slew of used household items like furniture, appliances, tools and antiques has leased a 2,000 square-foot space on Millbury's Elm Street – the site of the former Paul's Center Bakery.

Fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 35 percent at The TJX Cos. of Framingham based off improvements in same-store sales.

Framingham-based office retailer Staples Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service have partnered for a pilot program that brings postal services to 82 Staples stores, six of them in Central Massachusetts.

When it comes to beer, wine and liquor licenses, the Legislature is being asked to step aside and relinquish some control.

Tractor Supply Co., a retailer catering to hobby farmers and individual consumers alike, announced the opening of a Millbury store, the third Central Massachusetts location for the national chain.

Amazon today was scheduled to begin collecting sales taxes from its Massachusetts customers' online purchases, part of an accord reached last year with the Patrick administration that could bring in millions of dollars to the commonwealth's coffers and help level the field for the retail industry.