Retail

Three recreational cannabis retailers are hoping to win licenses from the Worcester License Commission on Thursday.

Cannabis regulators on Tuesday released rewritten rules that would govern both sides of the legal marijuana world, proposing regulations to eliminate an annual fee for medical patients and set the stage for home delivery of recreational marijuana and marijuana vaping lounges.

The internet has become home to a growing presence of gambling sites, including fantasy sports operations and potentially soon sports wagering sites, that are competing with brick-and-mortar casinos and the Lottery for limited consumer gambling dollars.

An 11,000-square-foot retail building on Route 9 in Framingham has been acquired for $3.4 million by a New Jersey retailer of blinds and shades. 

Westborough convenience store and gas station giant Cumberland Farms announced Tuesday a lawsuit challenging what it calls discriminatory regulations in six Massachusetts towns. 

Thanks to $35.4 million in stock awards, BJ’s Wholesale Club CEO Christopher Baldwin has become the best paid CEO of a public company in Central Massachusetts with a 2018 pay of just over $42 million. 

The craft beer market is becoming saturated and competitive, causing many breweries to report flat or negative growth, according to a report released the national trade group Brewers Association.

Marlborough’s first cannabis dispensary, Garden Remedies, will open for recreational sales Sunday after receiving state approval to open.

Framingham office supply retailer Staples announced Tuesday its own in-house membership-based coworking concept at three Massachusetts retail stores just months after ending a relationship with coworking firm Workbar. 

Westminster beermaker Wachusett Brewing Co. will operate a taproom in the new Worcester Public Market set to open this fall.