New Hampshire Business Review - March 28, 2025

Co-ops create community, advisors say

Grocery stores, carpet and flooring outlets and an outdoor goods company seem like unconnected retail operations. As a group of business owners recently heard at an informational session in Manchester, they’re all sectors that include cooperatively owned companies with great success.

A simmering economy

New Hampshire is faring better than the nation and its neighbors, with job and economic growth holding steady, says Brian Gottlob, director of the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau.