Retail

After dodging what would have been a well-financed ballot campaign to lift the cap on alcohol licenses for food stores, Massachusetts package store owners told lawmakers they've come to the table with a compromise that is essential for their future survival.

An expansive outdoor shopping center in Sturbridge sold for $31.6 million on Thursday.

Industrial Polymers and Chemicals, Inc. sold its 87,200-square-foot Shrewsbury headquarters for $9.25 million in a leaseback deal closed Friday.

The TJX Cos., Inc., the Framingham-based parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, has divested from an apparel retailer with more than 400 stores in Russia.

For the 48 Central Mass. breweries, the lockdowns changed consumer behavior with people now accustomed to consuming beers at home. The lack of taproom sales has forced breweries to close their doors.

Although it’s practically brand new, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index has revealed employer attitudes in the region are trending more optimistic than the rest of the state.

Amazon 4-star stores located in the Natick Mall and The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley plaza in Millbury will close, along with almost all of Amazon’s physical stores, according to a report from Reuters Wednesday evening.

EG Group, a United Kingdom gas station and convenience store retailer that purchased the Westborough-based Cumberland Farms chain in 2019, will invest $50 million in a rebranding effort across the East Coast.

X-Golf Worcester, an indoor golf course simulator and sports bar, will open at the Trolley Yard Plaza in Worcester on March 11. The facility at 287 Grove St. will feature nine golf simulators with 100 golf courses, as well as a full bar.

Worcester manufacturer Redemption Rock Brewing Co. has signed a new distribution deal, making its cans available in large quantities outside its taproom walls for the first time.