Retail

Millennial couple Courtney and Tyler Galicia took the plunge earlier this year and opened the doors to their first business: the independent bookstore A Great Notion.

Pickleball, a racket sport played on a scaled-down tennis court with a plastic ball and paddles, has been the subject of much media attention and growing popularity. Soon, Central Massachusetts will have its own indoor pickleball venue in West Boylston.

New York real estate investment company Rabina obtained $13.5 million to refinance its 210,000-square-foot distribution center at 26 Millbury St. in Auburn.

New Jersey-based Seabra Foods has purchased a former Salvation Army location at 35 Concord St. in Framingham for a new supermarket location, across from the newly-constructed 196-apartment Union House.

A weekly outdoor market will bring handmade and vintage goods, a farmers market, and entertainment to the courtyard at The Glass Tower in Downtown Worcester beginning on July 22.

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts is preparing for a majority of its members to either retire or sell their small businesses in the next decade, and the trade group's president said Wednesday that local franchise operations are going to be "key" to the future success of the small business sector.

New York-based Northeast Grocery, Inc., parent company of Price Chopper and Market 32 supermarkets, has named John Persons as the company’s new chief operating officer and Mike Miller as chief administrative officer, both newly-created positions at the company.

Middleborough-based home-good retailer, Christmas Tree Shops will liquidate all of its stores unless a buyer for the company surfaces within a week.

Vintage Rebel Curiosity Shop in Leicester refers to itself as “We’re one of those ‘don't know you need it until you see it’ kind of stores.”

Natick-based Stonegate Group and Needham-based Nauset Construction broke ground on the Stonegate St. Patrick Redevelopment on Tuesday. The project, at the site of the former St. Patrick’s School in Natick, is a mixed-use development.