Strategy

A familiar face will be taking the reins at Starbucks as COO.

Box Equities has acquired two distribution centers in its efforts to help retailers secure hard-to-find industrial real estate.

The National Retail Federation is formally asking the Biden administration to address U.S. port congestion challenges.

There are 115,049 shopping centers in the United States and 27% of them can be found in its three most populous states: California, Texas, and Florida. 

On-demand delivery platform Instacart is opening up in Quebec, with localized experiences that are fully accessible in French.

In a move that was probably inevitable, FedEx is launching a three-year pilot of self-driving delivery vehicles.

Walgreens is expanding its collaboration with Uber to offer products directly on the Uber Eats platform to customers across the U.S.

Cloud computing not only provides a competitive advantage for retailers, it is becoming a necessity for operational success.