Category: Massachusetts

Shaw’s

Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc., which also runs the Star Market banner, is headquartered at 750 W Center Street, West Bridgewater, MA 02379. Customer support runs at 1-877-932-7948; the support office does not publish a general switchboard. Headquarters address Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc.750 W Center StreetWest Bridgewater, MA 02379United States Corporate HQ phone no public switchboard Customer service 1-877-932-7948 Website shaws.com About Shaw’s Shaw’s is one of the oldest supermarket chains in the United States, tracing its history to a Portland, Maine grocery founded in 1860, and today operates roughly one hundred thirty stores across Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont under the Shaw’s banner, plus about twenty Star Market stores in the Boston area under shared management. The company has

HomeGoods

About HomeGoods is an American off-price home fashions chain headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts at 770 Cochituate Road. It was founded in 1992 and sells furniture, rugs, bedding, kitchenware, décor, and other home products through a large U.S. store network. The brand operates under The TJX Companies, Inc., the public parent company behind T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Sierra, and Homesense. TJX reported $56.4 billion in fiscal 2025 net sales, while HomeGoods U.S. and related home concepts remained an important part of that growth. Quick Facts Founded 1992 HQ 770 Cochituate Road, Framingham, MA 01701 Industry Off-Price Home Goods / Retail Parent Company The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) TJX CEO & President Ernie Herrman TJX CFO John Klinger HomeGoods U.S. comp sales

SharkNinja

About SharkNinja, Inc. (NYSE: SN) is a global product design and technology company headquartered at 89 A Street, Suite 100, in Needham, Massachusetts. The company operates two powerhouse consumer brands: Shark — focused on vacuums, steam mops, air purifiers, and cleaning appliances — and Ninja, which covers kitchen appliances including blenders, air fryers, pressure cookers, coffee makers, and outdoor grills. Founded in 1994, SharkNinja became an independent publicly traded company on the NYSE in September 2023 following its separation from Hong Kong-listed JS Global Lifestyle Company. For full-year 2025, SharkNinja reported record net sales of $6.4 billion — up 15.7% year over year — alongside net income of $701.4 million and a $750 million share buyback program. Address note: Some

Stop & Shop

About Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC is a regional supermarket chain and US subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize (AMS: AD) headquartered at 1385 Hancock Street, Quincy Center Plaza, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169. Founded in 1914 in Somerville, Massachusetts by the Rabinowitz family as the Economy Grocery Stores Company, Stop & Shop is one of the oldest supermarket chains in the US and the dominant grocery brand across the Northeast. Ahold (now Ahold Delhaize) acquired Stop & Shop in 1996. Stop & Shop operates 365 stores across five states — Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island — and employs approximately 58,000–60,000 associates. The chain closed 32 underperforming stores in 2024 as part of a strategic turnaround plan; following those

Urban Air Adventure Park

About Urban Air Adventure Park is the nation’s largest indoor adventure park franchise, founded in 2011 in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, and part of the Unleashed Brands youth enrichment platform. Parks convert vacant big-box retail spaces into family entertainment destinations featuring trampolines, climbing walls, ropes courses, laser tag, VR, bowling, and fast-casual cafés. Urban Air reached its milestone 200th location in late 2025 (Lawrence Township, NJ), after opening 21 parks and signing 30 new franchise agreements in 2025. The system generates $600+ million in annual revenue, with average unit revenues of ~$4.96M (2.0 parks) and ~$5.95M (2.5 parks) per the 2025 FDD. Mandy Dowson was appointed Brand President in January 2026; prior Brand President & CEO Jay Thomas departed December

Vistaprint USA

About Vistaprint is a global e-commerce brand that produces physical and digital marketing products for small businesses — primarily business cards, signage, promotional materials, branded apparel, custom packaging, and digital marketing tools — and is wholly owned by Cimpress plc (NASDAQ: CMPR), an Irish-domiciled technology holding company based in Dundalk, Ireland. Vistaprint’s US operations headquarters is at 275 Wyman Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451 — a 300,000-square-foot campus it has occupied since 2015, following relocation from its former US headquarters at 95 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts. Vistaprint’s global brand headquarters is at Hudsonweg 8, Venlo, Netherlands 5928 LW — where the company relocated its global brand operations after previously having offices in Paris, France, and Barcelona, Spain. Vistaprint was founded in

Fidelity Investments

About Fidelity Investments — legally FMR LLC (Fidelity Management & Research) — is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, in the South Boston Waterfront district adjacent to the Seaport, which has been Fidelity’s Boston headquarters since 2012 following its relocation from 82 Devonshire Street in Boston’s downtown Financial District. Fidelity was founded in 1946 by Edward C. Johnson II in Boston, and remains one of the most enduring family-controlled financial institutions in the United States — with ownership shared between the Johnson family (led today by CEO Abigail Johnson, Edward’s granddaughter) and current and former employees, with no plans to go public. Fidelity is the largest privately held financial services firm in

National Financial Services

About National Financial Services LLC (NFS) is an SEC-registered clearing and carrying broker-dealer and a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments. Headquartered at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts, NFS is one of the largest clearing and custody providers in the United States financial services industry. It is important to understand what NFS actually does: NFS is not a retail brokerage or consumer-facing financial institution. It operates entirely in the background as an institutional infrastructure provider — executing, clearing, and settling securities transactions, providing custody of cash and securities, and delivering trade confirmations and account statements on behalf of introducing broker-dealers, registered investment advisers (RIAs), family offices, asset managers, retirement recordkeepers, and affiliated Fidelity entities.

Santander Bank

About Santander Bank, N.A. (SBNA) is an American retail and commercial bank headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Spain-based Banco Santander S.A. — one of the largest banks in the world by market capitalization. Formerly known as Sovereign Bank, the company was rebranded as Santander Bank in 2013 after Banco Santander acquired a controlling interest. As of 2025, Santander Bank holds approximately $89.5 billion in assets and serves over 2 million customers through roughly 400 branches and 2,000+ ATMs concentrated across 8 northeastern states: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. In the US, the broader Santander entity — Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (SHUSA) — also encompasses Santander Consumer USA,

BJ’s Wholesale Club

About BJ’s Wholesale Club is a publicly traded membership warehouse club chain operating exclusively in the eastern United States. It is the third-largest warehouse club in the US behind Costco and Sam’s Club. Headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, BJ’s pioneered the warehouse club model in New England in 1984 and now operates 255 clubs and 190 BJ’s Gas locations across 21 states. Unlike Costco and Sam’s Club, BJ’s focuses entirely on the East Coast and accepts manufacturer coupons — a meaningful differentiator for its member base. Quick Facts Founded 1984 Industry Membership Warehouse Club / Retail Headquarters Marlborough, MA Chairman & CEO Bob Eddy CFO Laura Felice (EVP) Ticker NYSE: BJ FY2024 full-year results Record year with all-time high membership Members