Retail

A Braintree home and hardware supply company has purchased the former Empire Beauty School location on Route 9 in Framingham for nearly $1.53 million.

Westborough-based Cumberland Farms will be acquired by a U.K.-based operator of gas stations and convenience stores after decades of family ownership.

Tree House Brewing Co. is paying for a redesign of a small stretch of Route 20 in Charlton in response to ongoing traffic issues at its property. 

Caroline’s Cannabis, the first small business woman-owned cannabis retailer in the state to open, is proposing a second location in Hopedale just several months after opening in Uxbridge. 

Table Talk Pies is looking to relocate its 140,000-square-foot facility in Kelley Square as space and real estate become a premium with the impending construction of the $101-million Polar Park baseball stadium. 

The Massachusetts marijuana giant Curaleaf, with significant operations in Central Massachusetts, said it has removed statements from its website and social media platforms identified as non-compliant by federal regulators. 

Massachusetts marijuana company Curaleaf, with its cultivation and manufacturing facility in Webster, has been warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for illegally selling CBD online and claiming that products treat cancer, Alzheimer’s, opioid withdrawal, pain and pet anxiety. 

Curaleaf, with its Massachusetts medical and retail cannabis operations largely in Worcester County, says it is now the world’s largest marijuana company after announcing and agreement Chicago-based Grassroots for $875 million. 

The push for a ban on flavored tobacco products comes as high rates of e-cigarette use among Massachusetts teens and the prevalence of vaping frighten doctors.

The incoming Worcester Red Sox have landed yet another sponsor as the team looks to relocate to a $101-million ballpark.