Subscriptions, quarantine kits and unexpected curbside pickups are some of the creative ways to serve customers during the pandemic.
business
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Portland eases restrictions on non-essential businesses
The City Council has changed direction after an email outcry from the business community.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Pingree urges USDA to make sure coronavirus aid reaches Maine farmers
A $19 billion federal program will give farmers direct support and purchase billions of dollars’ worth of products for food banks.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Federal small business loan program runs out of money, leaving employers grasping for lifelines
A bitterly divided Congress looked unlikely to address that growing problem as the nation plunged into unemployment levels not seen since the Great Depression.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
With some employees furloughed, New Balance focuses on making face masks
Furloughed employees to continue to get health benefit while 150 in Norridgewock and Lawrence, Massachusetts, factories expected to produce 100,000 masks weekly by mid-April.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine hotels and inns scramble to respond to lodging suspension
The industry Saturday rushes to start canceling April reservations and begin planning for an uncertain future.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine attorney general fielding dozens of price-gouging complaints during crisis
An order by Gov. Janet Mills prohibits essential items, such as toilet paper, cleaning products and food, from being sold at ‘unconscionable prices.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine businesses learn to work through pandemic
Coronavirus compels shops and service providers to change platforms, procedures and even products.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Essential Maine retailers try to keep shoppers and workers safe during pandemic
From cracking down on panic buying to creating distance between customers and workers, grocery chains and drugstores have implemented a number of unprecedented changes.
Posted inBusiness
J. Craig Anderson named Press Herald business editor
Anderson, a Press Herald reporter for the past 7 years, will direct the newspaper’s business coverage.