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Report says business owners of color are facing brunt of financing shortfalls
November 29, 2023Small businesses grappled with a greater rate of financing shortfalls last year compared to before the onset of the pandemic, but the lack of funding was more acutely observed among minority-owned businesses and particularly Black-owned businesses,
November 29, 2023
Owner of Worcester nail salon sells building for $690K
November 27, 2023A mixed-use building located at 51 Hamilton St. in Worcester containing a nail salon studio and an apartment has been sold to a Southborough-based corporation.
November 27, 2023
Hazy future: Five years after recreational legalization, cannabis faces multiple battles in the next five years
Updated: November 27, 2023While the first five years saw more than $5 billion in sales and hundreds of businesses opening, uncertainty awaits ahead for the next five years.
Updated: November 27, 2023
Q&A: Artisan entrepreneur expanding Sterling handmade goods shop
Updated: November 27, 2023Leanne Boudreau was among countless scrappy small business owners who pivoted during the COVID pandemic to survive. Yet Notown Goods, a Sterling retail shop selling handmade goods from artisans across the U.S., didn’t just make it through; it boomed.
Updated: November 27, 2023
Tree House Brewing sued by minority shareholder over profits
November 21, 2023The lawsuit, filed in Hampden County Superior Court on Wednesday, alleges Nathan Lanier and Damien Goudreau took a number of steps to box out Granger from financially benefiting from the company’s rapid growth and expansion.
November 21, 2023
TJX profits grew 13% in third quarter as it added 50 stores
November 15, 2023The TJX Cos. saw $1.2 billion in profits for the third quarter of fiscal 2024, as the company added 50 store locations to its portfolio during the same time period.
November 15, 2023
Retailers temper expectations for holiday shopping season
November 15, 2023Citing the impacts of high inflation and interest rates, Massachusetts retailers don't expect a big bump in holiday season shopping sales this year.
November 15, 2023
Shoppers World in Natick sold for $187 million to large developer
November 3, 2023Shoppers World, a shopping center on the border of Framingham and Natick, has been sold for $187.13 million to an LLC managed by Urban Edge Properties, a large New York-based real estate investment company.
November 3, 2023
Millbury company leads 17 Central Mass. firms on Inc. 5000 fastest-growing list
October 30, 2023Prime Power Rentals of Millbury led the Central Massachusetts contingency of the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing companies in the nation.
October 30, 2023
Fitting in: Clark is balancing a need for new facilities with trying to avoid sprawl
Updated: October 30, 2023The need for growth is forcing Clark to expand, but the university is taking steps to be a good neighbor through thoughtful development and attempts to continue to integrate itself in the community with which it has been entwined since 1887.
Updated: October 30, 2023
Charts: Industry GDP in Central Massachusetts and statewide
Updated: October 30, 2023A breakdown of the Massachusetts and Greater Worcester real GDP by industry.
Updated: October 30, 2023
Tree House Brewing expanding to New York
October 27, 2023The growth of one of Massachusetts’ most well known craft beer companies continues, as Charlton-based Tree House Brewing plans on opening a location in New York.
October 27, 2023
Florida cannabis firm abandons plans for Grafton cultivation facility, sells site to plastics company owner
October 25, 2023Jushi, a cannabis company based in Florida, has dropped plans to open a cultivation and production facility on an empty parcel in Grafton.
October 25, 2023
Clinton brewery to open second location inside Devens biomanufacturing campus
October 24, 2023Sterling Street Brewery, a microbrewery based in Clinton, is planning on opening a second location in Devens next year. The new location will occupy a 8,300-square-foot building in Pathway Devens.
October 24, 2023
Lancaster farm loaned $45K to improve operations
October 24, 2023Lancaster-based Deershorn Farm and Taxidermy has received a $45,000 working capital loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg.
October 24, 2023
Littleton building with comic book store and vet center sold for $730K
October 23, 2023The Block, a 7,590-square-foot retail building in Littleton was sold on Oct. 13 for $730,000.
October 23, 2023
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