Retail

Framingham-based Avery Dennison RBIS, a $1.5-billion division of California-based Avery Dennison, said it will expand its relationship with a major food and apparel retailer in the United Kingdom.

Milford-based online retailer, DDH Enterprises LLC has opened a new online gift basket store, www.AllYourGiftBasket.com.

Gov. Deval Patrick rolled out an ambitious spending plan Wednesday night as he turned the corner on his second term in office, making the case to the public and lawmakers for a massive $1.9 billion tax increase that he said would be spent on education and transportation to “accelerate” economic growth.

A Knoxville, Tenn.-based Verizon Wireless franchise will open in the former location of office furniture company P.W. Sherman Inc. in Worcester.

The holiday shopping season treated retailers in Massachusetts well, just not as well as was expected.Jon Hurst,...

Minneapolis-based Supervalu Inc., which owns Shaw's, said it has reached an agreement to sell Shaw's and three other supermarket chains to a group of investors led by New York-based Cerberus Capital Management in a deal valued at $3.3 billion.

Mercury Media, which has an office in Marlborough, has focused on direct response television advertising since its...

Maynard-based Kitsy Lane, an online social commerce platform that helps users launch their own jewelry and accessories businesses online, said it has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding led by Data Point Capital.

With key provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act getting ready to kick in a year from now, Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday proposed to eliminate a cornerstone of the state's 2006 health care access law that penalizes employers who don't make a "fair" contribution to their employees' health insurance premiums.

Wayland Village Plaza, a retail center on Route 20 anchored by Whole Foods Market, has been sold...