Retail

Rhode Island’s gasoline dropped 3 cents this week, the fifth week of declines after five consecutive weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England. May 21

Book Enterprises was days away from leaving the South Coast for Stoughton, Mass., when owner Jason Zutaut made one last call looking for an inexpensive space that would keep his wholesale book business and its 72 employees closer to home. May 19

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Toray Plastics (America) Inc. announced this month that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has granted the company Interstate Milk Shippers (IMS) certification for single-service products. May 19

(Updated 3:15 p.m.) 38 Studios LLC asked the R.I. Economic Development Corporation for state assistance but no deal was reached during talks in today’s meeting. May 16

Retail sales rose in April at the slowest pace of the year as Americans took a break from a shopping spree induced by unseasonably warm weather in prior months and an earlier Easter holiday. May 15

Rhode Island’s gasoline dropped 3 cents this week, the fourth week of declines after five consecutive weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England. May 14

Tickets are on sale for the final days of the America’s Cup World Series, when nine of the top sailing crews in the world sail into Newport. May 11

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman Cedric Cromwell said the proposed $500 million resort gambling casino will provide a lasting economic boost to the city and state, according to the Taunton Gazette. May 9

Richline Group Inc. successfully completed the purchase of Cookson Precious Metals/Material Products Group and its subsidiary Inverness, the company announced earlier this month. May 7

First went CompUSA, then Circuit City. Could Best Buy be next? May 5