Retail

Ocean State Job Lot appears set to open a store in Webster, following a $14.5-million purchase of a plaza, the site of a former Big Lots location.

Fabric and crafts retailer Joann will shutter four of its Central Massachusetts locations in the latest development of the strained Ohio-based company’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. 

Brasswater, a real estate development firm based in Westmount, Quebec, has entered the American retail real estate market with the purchase of the Stow Shopping Center for $16 million.

Worcester shoppers know, if you’re in the market for a succulent, incense holder, or even an eel skull, there is a one-stop shop you can’t miss: Seed to Stem.

BJ’s Wholesale will open its 250th club when a new location opens in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday.

Framingham-based retail parent TJX Cos. has purchased two office parcels on Framingham’s Speen Street for $24.3 million. 

Worcester County led Massachusetts counties in cannabis sales in 2024, as the state’s legal marijuana industry brought in a total of more than $1.64 billion.

Green Meadows says the product is similar to Zyn, a Swedish brand of oral pouches made from fiber infused with nicotine extracted from tobacco leaves. 

Gordon Brothers has handled liquidation of several prominent defunct brands, including Bed Bath & Beyond, CompUSA, KB Toys, and The Sharper Image.

The tourist center on Dec. 2 had a changing of the guard when Diane Burnette retired after nearly 30 years with the center, which is a division of Fitchburg-based North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce. Sabbra Reyes was promoted as the new manager after being employed at the center for 15 years.