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Pinterest Hopes Late Investment in Video Content Creation Will Resuscitate its User Base

By Olivia Morley Pinterest Inc. wants its social network to be more social. After building its success on static image sharing, the company is investing in video and content creators who can lure interest from users and brands to compete with video-first competitors...

Starbucks’ hopes for a big pandemic recovery are in doubt as workers push back

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) is raising its U.S minimum wage to $15 an hour in an effort to remain competitive with retail peers like Walmart Inc. (WMT) and Target Corporation (TGT). But six weeks after the October announcement, employees at one Buffalo, N.Y. store voted...

Chewy Focuses on Pet Health in an Attempt to Become More than Just a Pandemic Success Story

Angela Palumbo Michelle Dougherty from Houston, buys everything for her dog Zito through Chewy Inc. Not only does Dougherty buy Zito’s food, pet pajamas and toys from Chewy, but she buys his prescription medication from there as well. “The site has a...

The end of gig work? Inside Uber’s fight to preserve its DNA

For Uber, the vanguard of the app-driven gig economy, regulation that classifies drivers as employees is an existential threat and the freedom afforded by its model is fundamental. By Jo Constantz Uber Technologies Inc. is facing tectonic shifts as governments around...

Uber Faces Competition and Steep Losses with the Expansion of Delivery Business

By Angel Adegbesan With five years experience as a gig driver, Kenneth Coghill has spent the last year and a half experimenting with supplementing his work driving customers where they want to go with delivering convenience items to homes and businesses. But the...

Best Buy is overhauling its stores to keep up with online deliveries. Will it be enough to take on Amazon and larger rivals?

By: Fran Velasquez Best Buy Co Inc. (BBY) is merging its in-store shopping experience with delivery as it scrambles to meet the rising demand for online shipping. The Minnesota-based electronics retailer began in March 2020 shifting its brick-and-mortar business...