The new furniture store at The Maine Mall in South Portland is expected to open in late spring.
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Mall owners among group bidding $81 million for Forever 21
A consortium of buyers, including mall owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property Partners, is bidding the ubiquitous mall staple that filed for bankruptcy protection in September.
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Nordstrom enters burgeoning used-clothes business
Nordstrom said it will begin selling secondhand apparel online and in its New York flagship store, joining Macy’s, JCPenney, Madewell and others.
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Commentary: Make it easier for Maine shoppers to avoid single-use plastic
L.D. 1933 aims to make refilling your own containers more widely accepted at grocery stores.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. says it’s not afraid to leave any mall
The teen retailer is looking to make many existing shops smaller as shoppers flock online.
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Minimum wage increase means overtime pay for more Maine workers
The rules taking effect Wednesday will raise the threshold – from $33,000 to $36,000 a year – at which salaried employees must be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.
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50 Cent gave his 7-year-old son a whole Toys R Us for Christmas
The rapper surprised his son Sire with a personal shopping spree at the first reopened Toys R Us store in Paramus, N.J., at a cost of $100,000.
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Commentary: Online shopping is growing, but it isn’t creating jobs
Internet sales are still rising briskly. Employment in the sector is not. Could our robot overlords be to blame?
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Bangor retailer wins KeyBank award
The Willie Wags uses it customer base to support women-owned business and Maine-made products.
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Goodwill in South Portland offering more specialized shopping
Goodwill will celebrate the opening of “Handpicked,” its in-store boutique, on Saturday, Dec. 14.