Retail

Four multigenerational Central Mass. businesses owners underscore the importance of mixing up both their goods and their services, as well as an overwhelming willingness to adapt to customer requests and market demands.

During an interview on the WBJ podcast, the business partners working on a Worcester location of Sturbridge BBQ restaurant B.T.'s Smokehouse said they are hoping to open by mid-May and can do so even if Massachusetts' non-essential business shutdown over the coronavirus remains in effect until then.

Brian Treitman, the founder of B.T.'s Smokehouse in Sturbridge, and his business partner, Billy Nemeroff, join The Weekly Business Report to discuss the new B.T.'s location in Worcester and why barbecue restaurants have fared better during the coronavirus shutdown than most other eateries.

BJ’s Wholesale Club has announced a special shopping hour for healthcare workers and coronavirus first responders available without a club membership.

State tax collections in 2020 will plunge 20 percent and unemployment in Massachusetts will soar to 14.7 percent, according to one of the experts scheduled to testify Tuesday before state budget officials about the economic havoc being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The City of Worcester is requiring all workers at public-facing retail stores, including grocery and convenience stores and pharmacies, to wear face masks or some type of face covering as protection during the coronavirus pandemic.

To make up for lost time, the project team could decide to speed up the schedule by having crews work 12 hours per day and/or six days per week, Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus said on the WBJ Podcast.

Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus joins the podcast to detail how long of a delay the Polar Park stadium project can bear and still be ready in time for the Pawtucket Red Sox to move in by April 2021.

For the first few weeks of the coronavirus-related shutdown of most businesses, Niche Hospitality Group in Worcester...

The TJX Cos., headquartered in Framingham, announced it will furlough the majority of its hourly retail and distribution center employees after Saturday, CEO and president Ernie Herrman announced on Tuesday.