Retail

Westborough-based Cumberland Farms on Tuesday announced all new-concept stores across Worcester County and Massachusetts will have curbside pickup through its mobile SmartPay Rewards App.

A total of 27 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Worcester Sam's Club fulfillment center at 1 Tobias Boland Way, the city confirmed in a press release on Wednesday.

Restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including mint and menthol cigarettes, are set to take effect next week and Gov. Charlie Baker said he sees no reason the ongoing coronavirus pandemic should delay that.

The state's highest court ruled Tuesday that Attorney General Maura Healey was correct to certify a proposed ballot question allowing more stores to sell beer and wine, clearing the way for the issue to go before voters in November.

Leicester’s Cultivate was the first recreational pot shop to open in Worcester County, and among those to reopen their doors to adult-use customers on Monday.

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Pier 1 has announced it will close all of its stores as soon as it is able to open them as part of its bankruptcy proceeding. In Central Mass., this will impact the company’s Shrewsbury and Bellingham locations.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused shoppers to stock up on food and other essentials while many are stuck working from home, are jobless or unable to go out to eat. BJ's Wholesale Club has been about as big of a beneficiary as any.

The TJX Companies, Inc., headquartered in Framingham, said Thursday it had its profits drop from $700 million in the first quarter last year to a $887 million loss in the first quarter this year, as it was forced to close its stores worldwide in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sales at BJ's Wholesale Club doubled at one point early in the coronavirus pandemic as part of a rush of business to warehouse clubs, according to an industry tracker.