Specialty Retailing

Pharmacy Giant Walgreens Taps Tim Wentworth to Be CEO

The incoming chief executive faces a tough challenge, with a core business under pressure due to pharmacy-benefit managers such as…

1 year ago

U.S. Car Sales Expected to Increase Again in the Third Quarter

The car market has yet to see an impact from UAW strike-related factory shutdowns. Source link

1 year ago

Meal-Kit Maker Blue Apron to Be Sold

The sale to food-delivery startup Wonder would end a disastrous six-year experiment with public ownership. Source link

1 year ago

Instacart Prices IPO at $30 a Share, at Top End of Expectations

The grocery-delivery company is valued at nearly $10 billion ahead of its long-anticipated public-trading debut Tuesday. Source link

1 year ago

Amazon Searches for Its Next Big Hit

Listen to article(1 minute)The team atop Amazon.com has been pushing for years to find what they call a “fourth pillar,”…

1 year ago

Walgreens Chief Executive Steps Down

Rosalind Brewer has stepped down less than three years after taking the helm of the pharmacy operator. Source link

1 year ago

Consumers Are Spending Like It's 2019

Shoppers have shifted their spending habits in a postpandemic world, leaving retailers in the lurch. Source link

1 year ago

Dick's Sporting Goods Blames Theft for Profit Woes

The retailer’s second-quarter earnings fell short of expectations and it incurred a fresh round of severance expenses from recent job…

1 year ago

Retailers Are Fleeing Downtown San Francisco. IKEA Is Moving In.

Listen to article(1 minute)IKEA thinks it can succeed where a string of other retailers have given up—in San Francisco’s beleaguered…

1 year ago