As homelessness grows, merchants bear the brunt
Queen City storeowners ask for solutions to a bigger problem
Restaurants, Retail & Tourism
Ocean State Job Lot acquires Salem location
Discount chain to open 11th New Hampshire store later this year
New Hampshire rep seeks rooms and meals tax on short-term rentals
While Airbnb collects the tax for the state, its rivals don’t
Retailers ready for holiday shoppers
Local stores share their expectations for season
Study: Christmas season is more important to New Hampshire retailers than others
Analysis finds 26 percent of Granite State retail sales come during holidays – tops in nation
New Hampshire Lowe’s stores safe from new round of closings by chain
51 locations in U.S., Canada to be shuttered as part of ‘strategic reassessment’
Brookstone bankruptcy sale now official
New owners purchase Merrimack-based retailer’s brand, assets for $65 million
Mattress Firm’s Salem location among first slated for closing
Giant retailer estimates a total of 700 stores will be shuttered
Bankruptcy judge OKs sale of Brookstone
$65 million deal reached after largest creditor agrees to relinquish debt
Details emerge in winning Brookstone bid; fate of Merrimack employees unclear
300 employees will remain, but most of them will be part-timers in airport stores
