During the 36-hour shopping extravaganza for Prime members, customers across 17 countries purchased more than 100 million products, according to Amazon.
Bruce Lucia, who has been with Kroger for 44 years will retire as president of the company's Atlanta division, to be succeeded by Tim Brown, president of the Cincinnati/Dayton division, effective Sept. 1.
According to early results from Feedvisor, sales during the first 12 hours of the fourth annual Amazon Prime Day event were 80% higher than sales during the same 12-hour period last week.
Southeastern Grocers’ new SE Grocers rewards program allows shoppers to earn points at Bi-Lo, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarkets and Winn-Dixie locations during checkout, which can then be redeemed for savings on groceries or fuel at participating Shell or other select stations.
Target went head-to-head with Amazon by hosting its own one-day promotional event online on July 17, which the company said drove its highest single day of online traffic and sales for 2018.
CVS Health is expanding its participation in the Department of Defense SkillBridge Initiative, which helps servicemen and women transition from military life to private sector civilian careers, to new locations in Hampton Roads in Virginia and Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.
Walmart and has entered into a five-year agreement with Microsoft, which enables the discount giant to tap into the technology company’s full range of cloud solutions.
