Retail

A new wine shop run by wife business partners has opened on the Green Street side of Worcester Public Market.

Neal Rosenblum Goldsmiths Gallery, a custom jewelry shop owned by two brothers on Park Avenue in Worcester, will close its brick-and-mortar location after more than 40 years in business, co-owner Neal Rosenblum announced in a press release Monday.

Valdivia Logistics LLC, a shipping company based in Atlanta, has laid off 52 employees from its Milford facility, where it provided delivery services for online retailer Amazon, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act filing with the state.

EG Group, a United Kingdom convenience retail operator with U.S. headquarters in Westborough, announced Wednesday it has acquired Georgia-based Sprint Food Stores Inc.

Framingham-based office retailer Staples announced Tuesday it has opened two new locations in Los Angeles and Auburn, Maine, which will include an expanded offering of remote work tools.

Less than two years after Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, one of the measure's lead sponsors urged his colleagues to stand firm and reject a slew of industry-backed proposals that would carve out new exemptions.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the economic development branch of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce in Fitchburg, announced on Tuesday it was providing a microloan to Homestead Market in Winchendon.

Massachusetts-based, vertically integrated cannabis company Local Roots opened an adult-use dispensary in Marlborough last week, with plans for a ribbon cutting and grand opening this Friday and Saturday, the company announced on Wednesday.

BJ’s Wholesale Club, headquartered in Westborough, announced on Monday three new executive vice president appointments, which the company cast as part of ongoing efforts to enhance its merchandising assortment.

Adult-use cannabis retailers in Massachusetts amassed more than $2 billion in lifetime sales by the end of August this year, signaling an eager, and likely growing, consumer base.