Small Business

The DCU Center retail space on Commercial Street formerly used as the pro shop of the Worcester Sharks will soon house Worcester Wares, a sell of “all things Worcester,” according to the DCU Center.

A recent report ranked Massachusetts 34th in the nation when it comes to growth of women-owned businesses in the last 18 years.

Fuller Automotive of Auburn knows cars. Now in its fourth generation, the company has been around for...

Mansfield Holdings Group LLC of Worcester, led by the founder of a city-based energy services company, has purchased Lapels Dry Cleaning stores in Boston, Cambridge, Natick and Needham.

The Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) Business Confidence Index fell again in May, its second consecutive monthly decline after reaching a 10-year high in March.

Worcester's Running Start has joined the Workbar Network, allowing its members to use space in six different locations in Massachusetts.

<i>(Editor's Note: Inspiration and Innovation, which focuses on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, is a new column written by Jeff Schiebe that will run in every other edition of the Worcester Business Journal.)</i>

With most consumer markets populated by mass-produced items that are cookie-cutter images of each other, entrepreneurs in Worcester are capitalizing on goods that emphasize customization and craftsmanship through the use of time-honored skills in a 21st-century marketplace.

Former State Treasurer Steven Grossman, now CEO for a Boston-based nonprofit organization that aims to revitalize urban economies through business and job development, is leading the charge for business training in Massachusetts' 26 Gateway Cities, which include Worcester, Fitchburg and Leominster.

The transition from military to civilian life is a notoriously tough one, but many veterans have a set of skills that's well suited to running a business. And there are a number of public- and private-sector resources devoted to helping ex-military people move into the business world.