Our top pick this year doesn’t reside in New Jersey, but he and his company have a substantial impact on the state — and it may just be the beginning.

Amazon will lay off 36 Jersey City employees and transfer 41 others to its offices in Newark and New York City, effective May 31.

There's more than one way to be the "best."

There's more than one way to be the "best."

There's more than one way to be the "best."

Rutherford-based brokerage firm RKF has arranged a lease for 5,000 square feet for wine shop CoolVines at Mill Creek Residential’s Modera Lofts in Jersey City.

A Costco warehouse store is scheduled to open in Bayonne at the former Military Ocean Terminal later this year.

When Chatham-based Sudler Cos. decided to build two warehouses in Cranbury on spec, the developer had e-commerce companies in mind as a possible tenant, according to Jeff Hale, its vice president, leasing.

One of Gov. Chris Christie's last acts in office was a Jan. 11 sign-off on legislation that offers up to $5 billion of incentives to Amazon, if the online retail giant chooses Newark for its second headquarters. To further sweeten the pot, the city itself is offering another $2 billion of incentives.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced Jan. 11 it was closing 63 Sam’s Club stores around the country — reportedly including its Budd Lake, Linden and Princeton locations — and converting up to 12 of the impacted facilities to e-commerce fulfillment centers, according to a company statement.