stores

Amazon handed Whole Foods Chief Executive Jason Buechel responsibility over its entire grocery operation earlier this year, including its Amazon Fresh markets and Amazon Go cashierless convenience stores—concepts that have struggled to gain traction.

For technology companies, brick-and-mortar stores offer a way to build brand awareness and loyalty among customers who are weighing whether to buy an expensive device.

Many stores are now rounding their cash sales down to the nearest five cents, saying there are no federal guidelines on how to proceed.

But it’s even easier to score a whole duck, if not a Gressingham, in American grocery stores.

Big predators like lions and polar bears can afford to pursue large, energy-rich prey because their slower metabolism and greater energy stores let them endure repeated failed hunts.