| | | Friday, July 7, 2017 | | | | | First-time wine, beer fests coming to Worcester | | | Two first-time festivals, one for beer and another for wine, will come to Worcester starting later this month.
Mercantile Center will host the Summer Craft Beer Festival on July 20 at the plaza between the center's office building and parking garage. | | | | Read more >> | | | | Old Sturbridge Village wants to be weatherproof | | | | Ten years into running Old Sturbridge Village, Jim Donahue has grown the 71-year-old museum's revenue to $14 million annually, launched a theatrical division, re-opened its hotel and – starting this fall – founded the Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School. | | | | Read more >> | | | | New pedicab service in Worcester | | | | A new pedicab service, WooRides, has started from an idea from a Worcester Polytechnic Institute student. | | | | Read more >> | | |
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| | | | | | | | Design Center leaves Framingham for Solomon Pond Mall | | | | Design Center West, a furniture and decor store, has moved into Marlborough's Solomon Pond Mall after 40 years in Framingham. | | | | Read more >> | | | | Legislators reach $40.2 billion budget agreement | | | | House and Senate leaders agreed to a $40.2 billion budget that avoids tax increases and mostly holds spending flat at state agencies for fiscal 2018, according to two sources close to the negotiations, including one of the legislators involved in the talks. | | | | Read more >> | | | | Perform customer win-loss analysis | | | | How do we know we can trust the intentions expressed by prospective customers? The secret is to not be fooled by polite, even sincere, communication and to trust, but verify, along the way. | | | | Read more >> | | | | | | Like us on Facebook for our latest business news |
| | | | | | | | | | Week in review | | | | Staples to be split? | | | The soon-to-be owner of Staples, Sycamore Partners, reportedly intends to split the Framingham office retailer in three to help fund the purchase.
Sycamore, a New York private equity company, will split Staples into a United States division, a Canadian one and a third for its corporate-supply business, The Wall Street Journal reported. All three would remain under the same parent company. The $6.9 billion deal is expected to close by December.
| | | | Crompton in Hudson | | | Worcester craft and antique boutique Crompton Collective draws people like a magnet to the Canal District, and now a second location will attempt to do the same in Hudson. Crompton will open a second location in August on Hudson's Main Street.
The new store will be called Haberdash, named after the original mobile store run by Founder Amy Lynn Chase in 2009, which was the precursor to Crompton Collective opening in 2012.
| | | | Cultural funds to Central Mass. destinations | | | Eight destinations in Central Massachusetts, including Old Sturbridge Village and Worcester's EcoTarium, were among those receiving funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Combined, the entities received just under $1 million, including American Antiquarian Society in Worcester receiving $225,000 to help pay for an $18-million renovation, and Apple Tree Arts in Grafton receiving $219,000 for equipment upgrades, including audio and light systems, state curtains, mechanical shade and curtain treatments for the Grafton Town House's performance hall.
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