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Aldi opening in Portland met with rush of superfans

The German supermarket chain’s latest location is a former Big Lots store on Brighton Avenue.

The Congress Street storefront remains vacant after months on the market and a recent price reduction.

Here are some stories across the decades about R.H. Reny, the founder of the Renys department store chain, curated from our newspaper archives.

Its operator also runs a vintage mall in Fairfield and plans to purchase another in York this spring.

The much-loved cheese and wine store will end its run in May.

Maine Surfers Union owner Charlie Fox is closing his business this week so he can spend more time with his family and explore a new career.

The outdoor apparel retailer filed for bankruptcy this month and is poised to shutter 175 stores across the U.S. and Canada.

The discount grocery chain has been renovating a former Big Lots store in Portland and is hiring full- and part-time employees.

Some Maine retailers and others who handle cash transactions are rounding change to the nearest nickel in the absence of pennies.

Some customers are buying smaller boxes of chocolate, or nothing at all, but the full picture of demand may not be clear until Sunday.