Tag: retail
What we lose when AI does our shopping
Americans spend a remarkable amount of time shopping, but the way we shop is shifting dramatically, as major platforms and retailers are racing to...
Fearless Fish Market raises bar for local seafood
Though Stu Meltzer didn’t grow up near the ocean, his path into the seafood industry eventually led him to open Fearless Fish Market in...
R.I. unemployment rises to 4.5% in January despite adding jobs
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 4.5% in January even though the state added 400 jobs month over month,...
More thrifting and fewer returns, the early trends that defined shopping...
NEW YORK (AP) – The shopping rush leading up to Christmas is over and in its place, like every year, another has begun as...
Holiday hiring headache: ’Tis the season of uncertainty in search for...
Boutique owner Karen Beebe spent weeks trying to hire just one extra person ahead of this year’s holiday shopping season.
For 19 years, Beebe’s shop,...
Raimondo nominated to Costco’s board of directors
PROVIDENCE – Gina M. Raimondo, the former Rhode Island governor who left during her term to serve as U.S. secretary of commerce in March...
Online holiday shopping advice: check the return policies
’Tis the season for giving – and that means ’tis the season for shopping. Maybe you’ll splurge on a deal, thinking, “I’ll just return...
Providence proves to be suited for pop-ups
Providence, with its compact commercial corridors and small retail bays, has proved to be a prime area for pop-up stores, giving local entrepreneurs a...
CVS polishes off deal to buy former Rite Aid stores, prescription...
CVS Health Corp. has finished buying customer prescription files from hundreds of closed Rite Aid drugstores and is now running 63 of the defunct chain’s...
Preventive care is key at CVS
PBN Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island 2025 Awards
5,000+ EMPLOYEES #2. CVS Health Corp.
CEO (or equivalent): David Joyner, CEO and president
Number of employees: 310,526
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