Unum US, with the recent acquisition of dental and vision products and plans for additional supplemental insurance, is poised to continue the exponential growth that boosted aggregate sales by more than $600 million over the past five years.
As the legal jangling over Maine's new law allowing retail sales of marijuana continues, and would-be growers snap up commercial real estate around the state, the potentially new business brings with it high startup and ongoing costs.
Vinyl sales are growing at about 10% a year, but they're still a niche market in the overall scheme of music, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Mainebiz Senior Writer Lori Valigra interviews Andrew Chang, co-owner of Moody Lords Vinyl/Vintage in Portland, about that trend.