Food & Beverage

New Era at Amazon’s Whole Foods Grates on Some Suppliers, Employees

July 3, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. has infused Whole Foods with its efficient, data-driven ethos in the year since it bought the natural grocer. But not all Whole Foods employees and suppliers are happy about that.

Target, Tesco and CVS to Require Environmental Impact Data From Suppliers

July 2, 2018

Environmental Leader

Target, Tesco and CVS Health have joined Walmart in an agreement to collect data from suppliers, through non-profit CDP, regarding their overall environmental footprint.

Amazon, H&M and Other Multinationals Are Pressing to Soften Indian State's Plastic Ban

June 29, 2018

Reuters

Multinational companies like Amazon Inc and H&M are lobbying to soften a ban against single-use plastic imposed by an Indian state last week, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

Iconic Brands Feel Tariff Pain, and Corporate America Braces for More

June 28, 2018

Los Angeles Times

With the U.S.-versus-the-world trade war threat heating up, Harley-Davidson Inc. and Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman Corp. may just be the canaries in the coal mine.

Kroger’s New Approach to Stocking Shelves Is Boosting Earnings

June 28, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Kroger Co. delivered stronger than expected earnings and sales, sending its stock up 9.7 percent as investors welcomed evidence that the grocer is growing even as it overhauls operations to compete with Amazon.com Inc. and discounters.

Privacy as a Product: The Argument for Trading Your Personal Data for a Cheaper Car

June 27, 2018

The Washington Post

The debate over privacy can leave consumers feeling torn between two bad options: disengage with the virtual world and maintain our anonymity or engage with the Internet and put our identity, finances, safety and perhaps even our democracy at risk.

Five Keys to Customer Data Protection (Now That GDPR Is Here)

June 27, 2018

Lindsay Boullin

Protecting customer data should always be a top priority for businesses. But doing so is increasingly extending beyond moral responsibility and taking on the form of legal requirement.

Automation Eliminates Jobs — Not Work, New Report Says

June 26, 2018

Industryweek

The debate on whether or not automation is a job-cutting strategy has reached fever pitch.

Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Study of Food Supply's Human Toll

June 26, 2018

Bloomberg

Grocers including Walmart Inc., Jumbo Group Ltd. and Whole Foods Market Inc. fared poorly in ratings looking at the treatment of the women, farmers and food-sector workers who supply supermarket shelves in the U.S. and European Union.

Opinion: What the Supreme Court's Internet Sales Tax Ruling Says About the State of Retail

June 25, 2018

Andria Cheng, Forbes contributor

Brick-and-mortar retailers that have seen their businesses upended, and some literally destroyed, by the rise of e-commerce finally had a moment of vindication last week: The U.S. Supreme Court, in a landmark 5-4 ruling, basically gives states the green light to have online retailers collect sales tax just like any local retailer.

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