Most retailers in the state already had dropped masking requirements for customers, and some had done so for public-facing workers.
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January retail sales surged 3.8% as threat of omicron faded
Last month’s increase was the largest since last March, when most American households received a final federal stimulus check of $1,400.
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Maine businesses and residents feel inflation’s bite
Business owners and consumers say higher prices threaten to slow the state’s economic recovery as inflation hits a 40-year high.
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The View From Here: ‘The Curse of Bigness’
The arrival of yet another big-box retailer in southern Maine is nothing to celebrate.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Holiday gift returns choking retailers, landfills
Merchants won customers’ hearts with lenient refund policies. Now it’s backfiring, with dire financial and environmental results.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Postal rate hike doesn’t stop catalog retailers from stuffing mailboxes
The 12 percent boost continues a positive trend for catalogers that are defying those who predicted their demise in a digital world.
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This year’s hot holiday item in Maine? Christmas trees
Many tree farms sold out days or even weeks before Christmas last year, and they are predicting the same phenomenon this year.
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Stores kick off Black Friday but pandemic woes linger
Retailers are expected to usher in the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year.
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Defying inflation, Americans increased their spending in October
The October gain the government reported Tuesday was solid enough for most economists to anticipate holiday shopping jumping by a record amount this year.
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Holiday shopping season starts early as labor, supply chain issues dog Maine retailers
Worries about a shortage of consumer goods could make much of November and December look like Black Friday every day.