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More retailers are packing up goods in stores for delivering e-commerce orders as they look to speed up shipments, streamline inventory and make more use of their bricks-and-mortar sites.  Beauty goods retailer Ulta…

Duke Energy Corp. said it has signed a three-year deal with Amazon. com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit as the electric power and natural gas holding company…

Adidas AG this week became the largest brand to end a partnership with Kanye West after anti-Semitic outbursts from the rap artist and designer. Adidas said it cut ties with Mr. West, who goes by Ye, at considerable cost to its…

Real-estate companies are facing soaring costs to protect their variable debt against jumps in interest rates, with prices on some contracts jumping at least 10-fold this month from a year earlier.Banks and other lenders often require…

A cyberattack on InterContinental Hotels Group PLC disrupted business at franchisees this month, leaving a trail of angry customers, lost income and a class-action lawsuit.IHG, which has 17 brands of hotels…

West Coast port labor talks are stalled as dockworker disputes hit the region’s big trade gateways, according to shipping industry officials who fear the negotiations could take months to resolve. Some maritime executives had hoped the…

FARNBOROUGH, England— Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL 4.38% said it was ordering 100 of Boeing Co. BA 3.18% ’s largest…

High-price freight contracts that were written when carrier capacity was tight and a rush to restock inventories was in full force are losing their shine as slowing demand and a wavering U.S. economy send shipping rates sliding.Some…

Labor talks between West Coast dockworkers, cargo-handling companies and container shipping lines are entering a new, high-stakes phase with the expiration of the contract covering U.S. seaports from Washington state to Southern…

Kohl’s Corp. KSS 2.44% received takeover bids from private-equity firm Sycamore Partners and retail holding company Franchise Group Inc.,…