With Beacon Hill beginning to consider what from the pandemic should stay, Boston Mayor Kim Janey said Tuesday that outdoor dining was not only a “lifeline” for restaurants in the city, but something that diners thoroughly enjoyed.
With more people getting vaccinated and dropping their face masks, retailers from Walmart to Macy’s are seeing an eager return to their stores after more than a year of their customers migrating online during the pandemic.
Foot traffic to food and beverage establishments in the Greater Boston region is up more than 42.5 percent since the beginning of the year and analysts say they see plenty more growth on the horizon.
Gov. Charlie Baker and state lawmakers face a raft of loose ends they must tie up as the state’s COVID-19 emergency declaration is set to lapse June 15.
The Downtown Boston Business Improvement District’s pedestrian-traffic sensors have clocked a 95 percent increase in foot traffic since December 2020.
Thousands of restaurants and bars decimated by the COVID-19 outbreak have a better chance at survival as the government begins handing out $28.6 billion in grants – money to help these small businesses stay afloat while they wait for customers to return.
Hotel, restaurant and retail store owners warn that staffing shortages exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic could force them to limit occupancy, curtail hours and services or shut down facilities entirely just as they’re starting to bounce back from a grim year.
As landlords and retailers searched for safe harbors, Ted Chryssicas’ brokers at Newmark stepped in to salvage long-time relationships and limit the wave of closings and vacant storefronts in shopping districts.
Like nearly all industries, the retail industry has weathered an unprecedented storm over the last year. While COVID brought about challenges beyond anticipation, it also accelerated trends that have quietly challenged industry norms for the past decade.
A discussion of retail trends in Greater Boston in 2020, the beginning of 2021 and the rest of the year.
Pop-ups and temporary leases in general are more popular than ever in a post-COVID environment. They are not new but are now more relevant and attractive for all.
As the world begins to emerge from mandatory lockdowns and restrictions begin to ease, all signs point to a bright future for retail in Boston’s core submarkets.
The pandemic is not over yet. Still, retail shop owners and restaurateurs in small downtowns across Massachusetts are starting to eye a post-pandemic future – and they’re hoping many of the successful emergency relief measures put in place to help them get through the COVID-19 crisis remain permanent features moving forward.
As most of Massachusetts shifts into Phase 4 of the state’s reopening plan today, Boston will adopt a modified version with lower caps on most indoor and outdoor events, Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday.
The start of Boston’s outdoor dining program has been moved up from April 1 to March 22 due to the forecast for seasonable weather, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday.
The demise of brick-and-mortar retail is no longer a debate; it’s an unfortunate reality and that has rapidly accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the significant resulting shift in consumer preferences toward the conveniences of e-commerce.
Just hours after appearing before lawmakers critical of his administration’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, Gov. Charlie Baker announced the state was loosening public health restrictions on restaurants and other businesses.
Eyewear brand Warby Parker and a pair of new restaurants will arrive at Somerville’s Assembly Row in 2021, developer Federal Realty Investment Trust announced.
Citing improvements to COVID-19 metrics since the start of the year, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday that he will lift the 9:30 p.m. curfew that he imposed in November on restaurants and other businesses, effective Monday.
