Retail

Santander Bank is moving its downtown Worcester bank branch to the Grid District from the Worcester Plaza tower about a block away.

TJX Cos. stores worldwide were closed for about one-quarter of the year in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the Framingham retailer says it expects pandemic-related costs and operational limits to continue, depending in part on consumer activity.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. on Wednesday announced it had approved a $35,000 loan to the owners of Black Hydra Tattoo in Fitchburg: Emily Shortsleeves, Matt Gallagher, and Brad Touchette. 

EG Group, whose American operations are based in Westborough, has entered into an agreement to acquire Connecticut-based Mercury Fuel Service, Inc.

Capital Group Properties has signed leases with CycleBar and Zina Day Spa to set up shop at Maynard Crossing, the Southborough company announced on Thursday.

The Regal Theatres at the Solomon Pond Mall in Marlborough and the Charles River Center in Bellingham are slated to open as soon as April 9.

Chicago-based Cresco Labs has purchased Cultivate, the groundbreaking operator of two marijuana retail locations in Leicester and Framingham, in a deal that could net Cultivate up to $158 million.

When the professionals who would become WBJ’s 2021 Business Leaders of the Year started their years anew in January 2020, they could have had no idea the past 15 months would end up like they did. Yet, each of them in their own way, found a path for their organizations to thrive.

The increase in grocery sales from consumers during the coronavirus pandemic led BJ's Wholesale Club to set records for earnings in 2020, generating profits of $421 million, an increase of 125% from 2019.

A surge in home deliveries of alcoholic beverages, disproportionate job losses among women during the pandemic, and long-sought authorization for cashless lottery sales are all on Treasurer Deborah Goldberg's mind as the Legislature kicks off its annual budget review.