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An ESOP transformed Progressive for its employees and customers.

Uncertainty around inflation, gas prices and supply chain is driving consumers’ holiday plans.

Macellum Advisors is turning up the heat again at Kohl’s.

Kroger’s $24.6 billion deal to buy Albertsons would change the U.S. grocery landscape, creating a mega grocery chain.

Core retail sales remained solid on a monthly basis in September and saw another year-over-year gain despite an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve and continuing inflation.

Kroger plans to team up with a rival in a deal that would combine the nation’s largest traditional supermarket company with a smaller rival to create a national footprint.

Although Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. swung from profit to loss in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, the drugstore giant still exceeded the expectations of Wall Street analysts.

The U.S. grocery landscape could shift if a reported possible acquisition goes through.