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PublishedApril 19, 2024
France asks retailers to alert customers to cases of ‘shrinkflation’
Retailers are less excited about the new rules, saying they'll be hard to implement and that the burden should be placed on manufacturers instead.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Harbor Freight to bring more than 25 jobs to Oxford
The big box retailer will open its new location at Oxford Plaza later this spring.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2024
New managers of Freeport shopping center see opportunity to add restaurants, breweries
The investors who have been behind Freeport Village Station since it opened in 2009 have hired a Boston-based real estate management group to oversee the large downtown shopping center after they purchased the property for $20 million.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2024
Entire block of downtown Freeport to be auctioned after developer breaches mortgage
The Freeport Village Station retail center, which is valued at $32.5 million and includes an L.L.Bean outlet, is scheduled to be auctioned Wednesday as part of a foreclosure.
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PublishedFebruary 29, 2024
Maine’s only Macy’s will be spared from nationwide cuts
The department store that anchors The Maine Mall in South Portland will not be among the 150 locations the company plans to close over the next 3 years, officials said.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2024
Macy’s to close 150 stores as sales decline and company pivots to luxury
The remaining stores will receive upgrades and the company says it will open 15 Bloomingdale's and 30 of its Blue Mercury cosmetics locations. It is unclear whether the company's only store in Maine will be impacted.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2024
U.S. sues to block major grocery merger that would affect Shaw’s supermarkets
The lawsuit could scuttle Kroger's $24.6 billion planned takeover of Albertsons, which owns 19 Shaw’s supermarkets in Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2024
LA law aims to make retail workers’ schedules more predictable. Is it working?
Los Angeles is among several cities nationwide that have adopted scheduling laws – part of a growing recognition that schedules are as important to well-being as living wages and sick pay.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2024
Shenanigans to open brick and mortar store in Lewiston
The 'witchy, cottage core, nerdy, gift Shop' plans a soft opening Jan. 12 at its Sabattus Street location.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2024
Burnt Ends Barbecue restaurant moving to Auburn
Shenanigans LLC will open a brick and mortar store in Lewiston; a speakeasy is being planned for downtown Lewiston.
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