retail - Page 13 of 27 - Providence Business News

A DELOITTE STUDY predicts that holiday retail sales will be strong, as low jobless rates will overcome concerns about an economic slowdown and the trade war with China. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

What slowdown? Holiday sales seen jumping as job market booms

Economic Activity 09/17/2019

NEW YORK – Holiday retail sales will increase by 4.5% to 5% to more than $1.1 trillion this year as a strong U.S. job market...

Solar Therapeutics opens marijuana dispensary in Somerset

News Briefs 09/06/2019

SOMERSET – Solar Therapeutics Inc. held a “soft opening” on Sept. 2, becoming the second recreational marijuana dispensary open for business in Bristol County,...

Walgreens joins CVS in asking shoppers to leave guns at door

Economic Activity 09/05/2019

NEW YORK – Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. asked gun owners to leave their firearms outside the store going forward, joining a number...

Consignment store moves into downtown Providence

Real Estate 09/05/2019

PROVIDENCE – The Drop Shop LLC, a consignment retail store, is scheduled to open soon on Mathewson Street downtown, an area of the city...

A WIND-DOWN company for Toys R Us-Delaware Inc. has sued the state Department of Labor and Training to recoup excess self-insurance funds the company had paid to the state following the company's shuttering and firing of employees in 2018, / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

Toys R Us wind-down entity sues DLT for self-insurance funds

Government 08/30/2019

PROVIDENCE – The wind-down entity of Toys R Us-Delaware Inc. has sued the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, according to federal court documents...

Trump tariff delay is a gift to retailers that feels like...

Advice 08/16/2019

It looks as if the Trump administration didn’t want to be accused of ruining Christmas. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Aug. 13 that...

A 10% TARIFF on some Chinese products on many holiday-shopping lists will be delayed by Trump administration until mid-December. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/QILAI SHEN

U.S. delays China tariffs on some holiday-shopping favorites

Economic Activity 08/13/2019

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will delay until mid-December the 10% tariff on some Chinese products on many holiday-shopping lists. By granting a grace period...

INVOLVED: Jim Boscov is the chairman and CEO of Boscov’s, billed as the nation’s largest family-owned department store, which is moving into the former Nordstrom location at Providence Place mall. He said running a business doesn’t happen from an office, but rather on the sales floor.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

An outlier comes to Providence Place

Cover Story 08/09/2019

While other department stores have closed as sales slip away with changing consumer preferences and a migration online, Reading, Pa.-based Boscov’s is an outlier....