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...Before her first day of work as the new CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Roz spent two weeks driving herself around Georgia and dropping in at local stores....
...The move to hire a new chief executive from outside raises questions about the prospects for Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham, the two WeWork insiders elevated to co-CEOs to replace Adam Neumann, co-founder...
...In a blunt interview with the magazine Texas Monthly, the company’s co-founder John Mackey attacked the hedge fund Jana Partners, which announced in April it had acquired a 9 per cent stake and would press...
...The lengthy auction process stalled amid the complexities of removing H&B, a retailer, from Nature’s Bounty, a wholesaler....
...Walgreens has since decided to extract itself from the partnership and asked its lawyers to find a way of forcing Theranos to close the centres in its stores....
...If they were, they’d certainly do well in the empathy ranking,” says Prof Palmer. Many top-ranked companies are not only US-based, but also built by charismatic leaders....
...ForestEthics, an environmental group based in Washington state, had run a targeted campaign against Chiquita and Dole, another fruit company, using press advertisements, protests at stores and consumer petitions...
...Revenue from stores open for more than a year fell1.1 per cent after analysts had expected a 2.2 per cent gain....
...Colliers CRE, the property agent, says many retail park tenants, such as B&Q, MFI, Currys, Harveys, Focus, Comet and Halfords, have looked to reduce their stores and rationalise estates....
...Debenhams failed to contribute to a strong rally in the UK market on Wednesday as a leading investment bank slashed its stance on the department store chain....
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