Marc Perlman

Ocean State Job Lot offering 20% off all food until SNAP...

Food & Agriculture 11/04/2025

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot has announced that the entire food section in all 17 Rhode Island stores will be discounted by...

Edesia forges partnership to send food to malnourished children in South...

Food & Agriculture 07/28/2025

NORTH KINGSTOWN – At least 9,000 children in South Sudan will receive life-saving nutrition thanks to a new partnership between Edesia Inc., Ocean State...

Ocean State Job Lot acquires 15 former Big Lots locations

Economic Activity 03/19/2025

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot on Wednesday announced plans to acquire 15 Big Lots locations in eight states. In a press release, the...

BEING COMPASSIONATE: Bob Selle, chief human resources officer for Ocean State Job Lot, prioritizes the importance of treating workers as whole persons with families and communities. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Selle aligns Job Lot’s purpose with employees’ needs

PBN Award Winners 04/29/2022

2022 C-Suite Awards: Enterprise company | Bob Selle, Ocean State Job Lot chief human resources officer The job rewards for part-time workers are typically not...

Ocean State Job Lot to host largest rooftop solar portfolio in...

Economic Activity 12/02/2021

NORTH KINGSTOWN – A Rhode Island retailer known for its closeout deals on brand-name products is expanding its reputation in a new direction: solar...

Nonprofit 11/26/2021

No one who knows Marc Perlman was surprised to see Ocean State Job Lot distribute $15 million worth of personal protective equipment to COVID-19...

Community partnerships key to Ocean State Job Lot’s wellness mission

Business Services 08/06/2021

PBN 2021 HEALTHIEST EMPLOYERS AWARDS 1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES: 5. Ocean State Job Lot CEO (or equivalent): Marc Perlman, Principal owner and CEO Number of employees: 3,894 The key to...

Ocean State Job Lot partners with Trinity Rep to help R.I....

Nonprofit 12/11/2020

PROVIDENCE – North Kingstown-based retail company Ocean State Job Lot has become another partner for Trinity Repertory Company to help the nonprofit theater company...

EMPLOYEES AT RED STRIPE restaurant in Providence organize meal packages to be delivered to Roger Williams Medical Center. Encore Restaurant Group and the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation recently launched its Meals with a Mission program where it will deliver close to 4,000 meals to frontline workers. / COURTESY ENCORE RESTAURANT GROUP

Stepping Up: OSJL Charitable Foundation, Encore Restaurant Group serving up meals...

Business Services 05/18/2020

PROVIDENCE – When Gov. Gina M. Raimondo offered restaurants the opportunity to allow take-out in order to stay in operation during the COVID-19 pandemic,...