Retail

With the sudden closure of its store in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, used and rare bookseller Bedlam Book Cafe of Worcester had to rethink its business and shift to online platforms.

Westborough digital commerce and microfulfillment company Yantriks, Inc. has been acquired by Blue Yonder, which is based in Scottsdale, Ariz., the companies announced Thursday. 

While other businesses are struggling during the coronavirus economic downturn, Westborough’s BJ’s Wholesale Club is expanding with two new stores in New York.

BJ’s Wholesale Club of Westborough has named Monica Schwartz as the company’s new senior vice president and chief digital officer, the company announced on Thursday.

As businesses throughout Central Massachusetts go back to operations, there are many legal and safety precautions they have to keep in mind and follow. 

For businesses such as Smash It 2 in Worcester, they face coronavirus related obstacles, while bringing a new business model to the community in the age of the coronavirus: breaking stuff. 

Maynard Crossing, a mixed-use development anchored by a soon-to-open Market Basket grocery store, is adding more tenants despite a recession and ongoing economic uncertainty.

After meeting in the Colorado marijuana industry, Kevin MacConnell & Tim Phillips set out to start an Uxbridge cannabis company, creating custom marijuana products for dispensaries.

RK Center, a Hannaford-anchored shopping plaza on Route 20 in Marlborough, is expanding with the purchase of adjacent retail space for nearly $8.7 million.

The proposed ballot question to allow more stores to sell beer and wine will not appear on the ballot this fall and its backers will instead work to put the question before voters in 2022.