FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Framingham School Committee and the Board of Health will meet on July 15 to begin talks on how to safely reopen schools this fall with coronavirus still lurking in Massachusetts. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on June 25 released a long-awaited plan […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration instituted pay cuts across state government in a six-week bargaining sprint that ended July 1. All of the agreements, which the state Human Resources Department has posted online, use a personal leave program to accomplish the savings. The program institutes immediate savings but the leave time […]

Click here to read the full article. The coronavirus pandemic has put a damper on a lot of things, but wellness M&A is not one of them. Consumer interest in being healthy has never been higher, experts agree, and during the COVID-19 pandemic that has translated into higher sales in […]

A Boots store Boots’ move to sack more than 4,000 employees heaps yet more pain on the British high street, pushing the number of declared job losses due to coronavirus and the ensuing lockdown to more than 118,000.  The pharmacy chain suffered a 48pc slump in sales this quarter due to Covid-19, with a 72pc drop in […]

Click here to read the full article. As retail reopens around the U.S., pop-ups are popping up more than ever. For the past few years, these temporary retail spaces were all the rage for companies seeking a relatively inexpensive way to test the brick-and-mortar waters. The strategy was so successful […]

Click here to read the full article. LONDON — Major beauty brands are changing how they describe whitening and lightening skin-care products, but is that what the consumer wants in China, the category’s largest Asian market? “I will still buy ‘whitening’ or ‘brightening’ products because I prefer looking fairer and […]

The fashion world is stepping up in a time of need: Countless companies are now making, selling and donating non-medical grade face masks for daily protection from COVID-19. Demand for cloth face mask options has soared in recent months, in part because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now […]