(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)Sherrill's affordability agenda called for a return to a break that saved families roughly $35 million one year
(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)Sherrill's affordability agenda called for a return to a break that saved families roughly $35 million one year

NJBIA annual outlook survey shows 55% needed to raise prices on products and services this year

Record holiday spending still expected to boost businesses

Kenilworth-based Merck is hoping a new drug will provide a better treatment option for severely ill COVID-19 patients. Merck is buying the Maryland company OncoImmune ...

Business Correspondent Rhonda Schaffler brings you today's New Jersey business news.


For those looking to get a Thanksgiving day jump on this year's Black Friday deals, some big box stores made doorbusters available early.

The National Retail Federation indicates this year consumers will spend $2 billion on Valentine’s Day flowers. Many come from South America.

Sick of delays and obstruction blocking progress on a new bus terminal, Jersey lawmakers challenge New York to get the lead out. The government scrubs ...

Another town's declared itself a sanctuary city. But without legal standing, who might it protect? Trump has tapped a casino mogul to his regulatory reform ...

The National Retail Federation expects 2016 holiday sales to increase by 3.6 percent to $655.8 billion.

Online shopping is up this holiday season while shopping at brick and mortar stores is down, according to the National Retail Federation.

Did Cyber Monday sales soar or sink? And what does it portend for the future of brick and mortar stores? Leaders of New Jersey's Cuban-American ...

The National Retail Federation projects that all holiday sales in November and December are headed up a solid 3.6 percent.

New Jersey has nearly 800,000 small businesses which employ almost two million people.

Shoppers hit the mall in high spirits and high numbers looking for Black Friday bargains. The title "Small Business Saturday" now seems at odds of ...

Halloween traditions started long before consumers could buy any frightening costumes or bags of candy.

A looming scramble for commuters to Philly. SEPTA workers have set a midnight strike deadline. How to avoid being stranded. Courtroom drama in the Bridgegate ...

Consumers now have chip-enhanced credit cards, but not all stores have the proper readers to use them. An Assembly committee questioned why that is.

An outraged Atlantic City mayor likens state takeover threats to a fascist dictatorship. But with grim job numbers and mortgage foreclosures, is he willing to ...