Retail Maker’s Mark Is Releasing Its First-Ever Limited-Release BourbonFortune - Clay Dillow Maker’s Mark has unveiled a new limited-release bourbon, and for the first time consumers won’t have to travel all the way to Kentucky to pick up a …
Retail A New Distillery Tells the True–and Often Untold–Origin Story of Tennessee WhiskeyFortune - Emily Price Just 48 hours before a few thousand people were expected to arrive at Tennessee’s historic Sand Creek Farms, home of the new Uncle Nearest …
Retail The Celebrity-Branded Liquor Market Is OversaturatedFortune - John Kell Nearly seven years ago, I attended a media party hosted by sake brand TYKU and instead of serenely sipping on the Japanese rice wine, I was berated …
Beer Craft Breweries Are Going Hyper-Local to Source IngredientsFortune - John Kell When I give Brandon Jones a call for a scheduled interview, he hurriedly asks me if he can give me a ring back. Jones, who serves as head of barrel …
Rental Housing Rent the Runway’s Monthly Subscription Could Be a Game ChangerFortune - Rachel King While the concept of renting your clothes—even everyday, non-fancy items like blouses, sweaters, and pants—might not be novel anymore, the first-time …
Retail Walmart Will Stop Selling E-Cigarettes After Current Inventory Is ExhaustedFortune - Matthew Boyle, Timothy Annett, Bloomberg Walmart will stop selling e-cigarettes in its U.S. locations as the country grapples with a string of vaping-related deaths. “Given the growing …
Amazon Prime Amazon Expands Two-Hour Grocery Delivery From Whole Foods in an Effort to Take on WalmartFortune - Spencer Soper, Bloomberg Ever since Amazon bought Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion, shoppers and investors alike have wondered how the e-commerce giant would integrate …
Retail How Apple Brought Its Most Important Store Back To Life—Data SheetFortune - Aaron Pressman This is the web version of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily newsletter on the top tech news. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. The ceiling is …
Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos Details Amazon’s Net-Zero Carbon Emissions 2040 GoalFortune - Joanna G. Ramey Amazon.com Inc.'s CEO Jeff Bezos offered a plan for the retail giant's renewed commitment to fighting climate change, a day before some of his …
United Parcel Service UPS CEO Would Like The World to Know That, Unlike FedEx, Big Brown Is Doing Fine in the Amazon AgeFortune - Thomas Black, Bloomberg Not that long ago, Wall Street fretted that tradition-bound United Parcel Service Inc. would lag nimble FedEx Corp., with its fully automated …
Retail Apple’s Brand Reputation Is the Latest Victim of the U.S.-China Trade WarFortune - Bruce Einhorn, Bloomberg The trade war is taking its toll on Apple Inc., a new survey of Chinese consumer attitudes shows. The company tumbled to No. 24 in an annual report on …
Retail As Benetton’s ‘Design Shift’ Boosts Sales, It Considers Opening U.S. Stores AgainFortune - Colleen Barry, The Associated Press Benetton has long made waves off the runway with its provocative advertising campaigns. But the storied family-owned knitwear brand is seeking to …
Retail Can Fashion Fair Cosmetics Make a Comeback?Fortune - Kristin Larson Johnson Publishing Co. is putting its iconic Fashion Fair Cosmetics—the first makeup line created for women of color—up for sale. Relinquishing …
Retail Walmart Takes a New Turn at Being More FashionableFortune - Matthew Boyle, Bloomberg Walmart Inc.’s quest to be fashionably upmarket has now taken the red-state retailer to the streets of Manhattan. The company has revived the defunct, …
Retail General Mills Recalls Flour for Possible E. Coli ContaminationFortune - Chris Morris For the second time in three months, flour is being recalled from store shelves due to possible E. coli contamination. General Mills is pulling …
Tequila Patrón’s Latest Release Is Its Oldest Tequila Ever—And You Can Probably Afford ItFortune - Emily Price When it comes to aging tequila, it’s rare to find a very old one. Blanco tequila, the clear liquid many of us think of first when we think of the …
Women Leaders Crate & Barrel to Expand its In-Store Restaurant to Up to 15 LocationsFortune - Danielle Abril Crate & Barrel is expected to open up to 15 of its full-service restaurants, called The Table at Crate, after its first location near Chicago proved …
Amazon Amazon’s In-House Products Go Far Beyond AmazonBasicsFortune - Alyssa Newcomb Whether customers realize it or not, Amazon owns dozens of brands that sell everything a person could need from morning straight through the night, …
Retail Testing the Luxury Shoe Market With a Salon on WheelsFortune - Kate Bowers Tamara Mellon, co-founder of Jimmy Choo who is fast growing her namesake venture, is taking a mobile store—a large, glass-sided truck shoe salon—to …
Retail EU Luxury Brands Face WTO-Approved U.S. TariffsFortune - Bryce Baschuk, Bloomberg Some of Europe’s top luxury brands are targeted in President Donald Trump’s latest tariff salvo, which could affect billions of dollars in exports of …
Walmart Walmart Will Give You $30 for Trading In Your Child’s Old Car SeatFortune - Chris Morris Need to clean out your garage and get a little extra spending money? Walmart is hosting a child car seat recycling event this week that will pay $30 …
Retail China Mengniu Dairy Makes $1 Billion Bid for Australian Infant Formula Maker Bellamy’s as Beijing Pushes Self-SufficiencyFortune - Eamon Barrett China’s largest milk maker, Mengniu Dairy, is expanding its presence overseas, putting in a $1.03 billion offer for Tanzania-based Bellamy’s …
Retail How Sustainable Startup Rothy’s Found Success Turning Recycled Water Bottles into Fashionable FootwearFortune - Shannon Fitzgerald On a corner in San Francisco’s Jackson Square, formerly part of the city’s famed Barbary Coast and now an enclave of design firms and disruptive …
Kombucha Is Spiked Kombucha the New Hard Seltzer?Fortune - John Kell On the verge of selling his probiotic and kombucha brand KeVita to PepsiCo, entrepreneur Bill Moses was already considering what would come …
London Fashion Week British Fashion Officials Warn of Financial Woes From a No-Deal BrexitFortune - Gregory Katz, The Associated Press British fashion officials are warning about the perils of a no-deal Brexit as London Fashion Week begins. At an opening event Friday, Stephanie Phair, …
Retail PepsiCo To Cut Back on Non-Recycled Plastics in Its Bottles by 2025Fortune - Katherine Dunn Food and beverage giant PepsiCo announced Friday that it will reduce the share of non-recycled plastic in the packaging of its beverages by 35% by …
Vaping Will Banning Flavored Vaping Cartridges Help People Quit? Experts Aren’t SureFortune - Christopher Palmeri, Jeff Green, Bloomberg To understand the scale of the public-health challenge vaping presents, consider The Vapor Shop on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. The sparsely …
Retail New York Fashion Week: Celebrating Design and ‘Unbridled Expression’Fortune - The Associated Press New York Fashion Week, featuring spring/summer 2020 ready-to-wear styles, just ended and here are some highlights of this biannual design spectacle. …
Walmart Walmart Takes Its Amazon Prime Competitor NationwideFortune - Chris Morris Walmart is expanding its Delivery Unlimited service to a much wider audience. After testing the grocery delivery membership program in Houston, Miami, …
