With failed legislation in Minnesota to collect sales tax from companies affiliated with online retailers like Amazon.com, retail groups in New Jersey are putting more pressure on legislators to pass similar bills at the state and federal level.

Union-based Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. today agreed to acquire Cost Plus Inc., in Oakland, Calif., for $495 million in cash, adding an additional 259 stores nationwide and a new e-commerce platform to the home furnishings company.

To drive a face-to-face relationship between health insurers and consumers, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will open the state's first health insurance retail store this summer in Moorestown.

High-density residential developments adjacent to the Journal Square PATH station, in Jersey City, has prompted the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to re-examine the transit hub's retail and office space, and attract companies that cater to the community, according to a real estate official at the bistate agency. Read More »

The loss of gift card sales from New Jersey, combined with the state's unclaimed property law, could cost state coffers up to $94 million per year in sales tax revenues, according to an analysis released today.

A drastic improvement in holiday sales over the recessionary trends of the past two years has lent strength to the retail industry in New Jersey, according to a survey by retail real estate services firm Levin Management Corp.

The absorption rate of big-box retail space in New Jersey is increasing, with the Paramus-based Goldstein Group closing eight such transactions at the end of 2011, including four gyms, in northern and central New Jersey. Chuck Lanyard, president, said the New Jersey market is starting to see rent prices come back after dipping nearly 20 ...

Montvale-based A&P announced Monday that five additional New Jersey grocery stores will be closed, as part of 14 closures in four states, as part of the company’s reorganization after bankruptcy. A&P filed for bankruptcy in December 2010, and has been making incremental efforts to restructure the company and its four supermarket chains — A&P, Pathmark, ...

As companies expand wellness programs as part of their benefit packages, Hamilton-based Hand & Stone spas is adding franchises rapidly and encouraging human resource teams to include massage therapy when considering employee resources. President and CEO Todd Leff joined Hand & Stone in 2009, working with founder John Marco to develop expanded franchising plans for ...

The National Retail Federation increased its Christmas retail sales growth forecast to 3.8 percent year-over-year from its earlier 2.8 percent prediction — and if history is any indicator, New Jersey retailers will see that same benefit.