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Staples' Profits Plummet On Restructuring Costs
March 6, 2013Framingham-based office supply retailer Staples Inc. ended its fourth quarter with a slight uptick in revenue but a big drop in profits, related mainly to store closures and restructurings.
March 6, 2013
For Staples, Rivals’ Merger Highlights Office-Supply Market’s Shift To Web
March 4, 2013To many, the name Staples conveys one specific image: a high-ceilinged store full of neatly stacked reams of paper, packages of pens and a mind-boggling variety of printer ink.
March 4, 2013Worcester Proposal: Shop Down Your Tax Bill Balance
March 4, 2013Think of it as Groupon for property taxes. Worcester, a city that has dabbled rather extensively with daily-deal-style promotions at local businesses through its Woo Card program, is considering taking that model to another level.
March 4, 2013TJX Grows Revenue, Profits In Fiscal ‘13
February 27, 2013Framingham-based off-price clothing and home fashions retailer TJX Corp. ended its 2013 fiscal year with an additional $2.7 billion in sales, an increase of 11.6 percent compared to last year.
February 27, 2013Staples Competitors To Merge
February 20, 2013Two publicly traded office supplies retailers that hold the number two and three spots in the market behind Framingham-based Staples Inc. have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger, they announced this morning.
February 20, 2013
Mobile Payments: Not Just For Big Business Anymore
February 18, 2013Saving customers time and money in exchange for their loyalty is at the heart of why companies like Starbucks — and now, Framingham-based convenience store and gas station chain Cumberland Farms — offer customers the option to pay with their mobil
February 18, 2013TJX Jan. Sales Rise, Exceed Expectations
February 7, 2013Sales for Framingham-based TJX Cos. Inc. continued to climb in January, coming in ahead of the company's expectations.
February 7, 2013Dover Saddlery Revenues Up In Q4
February 6, 2013Littleton-based equestrian products retailer Dover Saddlery Inc. said its preliminary unaudited fourth-quarter revenues grew 11 percent from the same quarter a year ago.
February 6, 2013Framingham Supplier Grows U.K. Relationship
January 23, 2013Framingham-based Avery Dennison RBIS, a $1.5-billion division of California-based Avery Dennison, said it will expand its relationship with a major food and apparel retailer in the United Kingdom.
January 23, 2013Milford Online Retailer Launches Gift Basket Site
January 21, 2013Milford-based online retailer, DDH Enterprises LLC has opened a new online gift basket store, www.AllYourGiftBasket.com.
January 21, 2013
Patrick Proposes Hiking Income Tax, Cutting Sales Tax
January 17, 2013Gov. Deval Patrick rolled out an ambitious spending plan Wednesday night as he turned the corner on his second term in office, making the case to the public and lawmakers for a massive $1.9 billion tax increase that he said would be spent on
January 17, 2013Ex-P.W. Sherman Building Reopening As Verizon Store
January 17, 2013A Knoxville, Tenn.-based Verizon Wireless franchise will open in the former location of office furniture company P.W. Sherman Inc. in Worcester.
January 17, 2013Mass. Holiday Sales Gains Fall Short
January 10, 2013The holiday shopping season treated retailers in Massachusetts well, just not as well as was expected.
January 10, 2013Shaw's Supermarkets To Be Sold In $3.3B Deal
January 10, 2013Minneapolis-based Supervalu Inc., which owns Shaw's, said it has reached an agreement to sell Shaw's and three other supermarket chains to a group of investors led by New York-based Cerberus Capital Management in a deal valued at $3.3 billion.
January 10, 2013
Mercury Media Heads To The Web With Acquisition
January 10, 2013Mercury Media, which has an office in Marlborough, has focused on direct response television advertising since its founding in 1989.
January 10, 2013
Fast-Growing Maynard Firm Nets $3.5M In Series A Round
January 9, 2013Maynard-based Kitsy Lane, an online social commerce platform that helps users launch their own jewelry and accessories businesses online, said it has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding led by Data Point Capital.
January 9, 2013
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