Fewer doctor visits, an increase in generic drugs and a decrease in initiating chronic therapy all contributed to a slower rate of growth in spending on medicine in the United States in 2010, according to IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, in Parsippany.

When the Christmas season rolls around later this year, many parents in the western United States will benefit from an announcement made Thursday by Wayne-based retail giant Toys R Us, which announced plans to open a new distribution center outside of Reno, Nev., by June to speed delivery of online orders. Read More »

The Goldstein Group, a Paramus retail brokerage firm, announced four recent leases of big-box space in northern and central New Jersey in what it called an encouraging sign as retail looks to rebound.

High energy costs ate into retailers’ March sales, and will likely take a bite into spring results, too, according to an economist, but a retail industry tracker said the forecast isn’t totally gloomy.