https://nanopress.net/nantucket-ma/briefsThe daily local brief for Nantucket, MA.en-ushttps://nanopress.net/nantucket-ma/briefs/2026-10-23https://nanopress.net/nantucket-ma/briefs/2026-10-23Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000After a summer in which one popular retailer sidestepped the downtown chain-store ban by slightly changing its name and merchandise, and others operated as temporary pop-ups, local retailers and the Planning Board have agreed to consider tightening the island's formula-business rules. Nantucket Looms CEO Bess Clarke, speaking for a group of local business owners, asked how to protect businesses that are here and invested, noting they pay very high rents and often full benefits.