Online shopping and free shipping helped to fuel growth.
Jessica Hall
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Maine’s shrimp fishing days, catch limit increase
Shrimp fishing expands to seven days a week due to the small catch this year.
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Business, educators urged to focus on building workforce, closing ‘skills gap’
Maine’s “skills gap” and plethora of open high-tech jobs are coming to focus in a new program aimed at better educating skilled college graduates.
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Maine telecommuters support work-at-home, with occasional office check-ins
Telecommuting boosts productivity, reduces absenteeism and increases employee retention, and a recent decision by Yahoo! to end the practice has some Mainers scratching their heads.
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Competition fierce in Maine, even for low-wage jobs
A liberal advocacy organization’s report stirs bipartisan calls for state policies to expand employment opportunities.
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Hostess workers eligible for federal aid
Hostess employed about 500 workers in Maine, including 370 of them at the company’s bakery in Biddeford.
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New England fishermen plead for gov’t aid
Fishermen from all over New England have written to Congress asking for urgent help surviving deep cuts to their catch limits.
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President’s proposed minimum wage increase gets mixed reviews
President Barack Obama’s proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour would inflate labor costs in Maine, which relies heavily on service-sector jobs, many of which start at minimum wage, to fuel the state’s biggest industry — tourism.
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Attention from Rubio’s sip of Poland Spring worth bottling
Social media light up after the senator’s pause while rebutting Obama’s speech, and the company joins in.
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Ocean Renewable gets Fast Company nod
The Portland-based tidal energy company gets a shout-out as one of the world’s most innovative energy companies.