Retailers Association of Massachusetts

President Jon Hurst of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts shares advice and talks about the challenges of this holiday shopping season and the #BuyInMA campaign.

Small retailers across Massachusetts are adjusting hours, taking wares outside and buying hand sanitizer in bulk as the holiday shopping season gets underway. Many businesses hoped for a boost on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, known as Small Business Saturday or Shop Local Saturday. But they’re having to make adjustments, just as many big retailers did ahead of Black Friday....

A second wave of businesses in Massachusetts were allowed to reopen Monday as part of Governor Charlie Baker’s phased-in approach to gradually restart the economy. This included hair salons and barber shops, pet groomers, car washes, office spaces outside Boston, and retailers for curbside pickup. After months of waiting, a crowd of people turned out to see a Roxbury...

The restrictions placed on retailers don’t seem fair to Jon Hurst of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts.

The president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts criticized Gov. Charlie Baker’s plan to reopen the state Tuesday, saying it’s “nowhere near” what other neighboring states are doing. “We’re disappointed and we’re confused,” Jon Hurst said during a Small Business and the COVID-19 Crisis webinar hosted by NBC10 Boston’s Brian Shactman. The governor’s plan allows retail outlets to open...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday gave florists, as well as many other “non-essential” businesses, a green thumbs up to bring back a limited number of employees to fulfill online and phone orders for delivery, as long as they follow proper safety measures and keep the doors locked to customers. The updated guidance comes just ahead of Mother’s Day, which...

Massive online retailer Wayfair is about to make its first foray into permanent physical stores, opening its first lasting brick-and-mortar location Wednesday at the Natick Mall in Massachusetts. Wayfair customers can buy products from the showroom at the store or schedule delivery. They can also order custom furniture.

While many retail companies are closing their stores, Boston-based Wayfair is opening its first physical store in the Natick Mall.

A group representing supermarkets and other food stores offered its conditional support Tuesday to a bill that if approved would make Massachusetts the latest U.S. state to outlaw single-use plastic shopping bags viewed by environmentalists as a major source of pollution and a grave threat to marine wildlife.

Massachusetts lawmakers swiftly approved a compromise bill Wednesday that could keep proposals on paid leave, the minimum wage and a reduction in the sales tax from going before voters on the November ballot.

Massachusetts lawmakers swiftly approved a compromise bill Wednesday that could keep proposals on paid leave, the minimum wage and a reduction in the sales tax from going before voters on the November ballot.

A compromise bill emerged on Wednesday that would require paid family leave in Massachusetts, gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and establish a permanent summer sales tax holiday while keeping the tax at its current 6.25 percent.

Massachusetts may soon fall in line with the majority of U.S. states that have changed their approach to prosecuting theft in recent years, by increasing the dollar threshold for which larceny is considered a felony.

Sponsors of more than 20 proposed ballot questions in Massachusetts are facing another key deadline.

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts is on a mission to reduce the sales tax to 5 percent, where it was for decades before 2009. Any decrease would have consequences for state programs.

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts hopes to reduce the sales tax back to 5 percent from 6.25 percent.

A Maine woman who police say struck and killed a man in a drunken driving crash has been charged.

A moose-car collision Tuesday night left the moose dead and the car heavily damaged.