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<p>Big "ICYMI" energy in the newsletter today. Look, we get it. There was <em>some</em> other big news this week. But Insider's <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> team always has you covered when it comes to the biggest retail business stories.</p><p>This week's edition covers retailers, like <keyword id="151277" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="CVs">CVS</keyword>, <keyword id="249296" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kroger">Kroger</keyword>, and Walgreens, rolling out vaccines. And we take a look at a startup that's turning vacant retail stores into micro-warehouses for <keyword id="35621" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="e-commerce">e-commerce</keyword> orders. </p><p>If you haven't already subscribed to Insider Retail, <a href="https://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/free">click here</a> to get me, Gloria Dawson, senior editor of retail, and our associate editor, Danni Santana, in your inbox every week.</p><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stores-prepare-for-100-million-covid-vaccines-including-cvs-kroger-2021-1">How Walgreens, CVS, Kroger, and other retailers plan to leverage tech, convenience, and public trust to get the chaotic mass vaccine rollout back on track</a></h2><div type="image" title="Coronavirus vaccine" height="1333" width="1777" msid="80376973" hostid="261"></div><p>It's no secret that the <keyword id="24209" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="vaccine">vaccine</keyword> rollout has been less-than-smooth. Could retailers help get things back on track? Well, they certainly hope so. It's not the craziest idea. As Alvin Tran, a social epidemiologist at the University of New Haven told our reporters, these brands lend name recognition, trust, and their own technology to the process. </p><p>Drug stores also aren't the only retailers who want a piece of the vaccine story:</p><ul><li>Amazon's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-dave-clark-offers-biden-help-with-covid-vaccination-effort-2021-1">Dave Clark has some advice</a></li><li>Washington state recruits <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-covid-vaccine-starbucks-rollout-microsoft-2021-1">Starbucks to help with its COVID-19 vaccine</a> rollout</li></ul><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fabric-same-day-delivery-cheaper-small-fulfillment-centers-2021-1">Logistics startup Fabric has raised $136 million to build shipping warehouses in unused real estate like retail stores and gyms</a></h2><div type="image" title="Fabric MFC" height="1875" width="2500" msid="80376974" hostid="261"></div><p>Here's a trend for you all: Retail stores close as consumers flock to e-commerce during the pandemic. Logistics startups then use vacant retail space as micro-warehouses to fulfill e-commerce orders. Our Correspondent Madeline Stone wrote about Fabric, a big player in this particular retail life cycle story.</p><p>Fascinated by the micro-warehousing trend? You've come to the right newsletter.</p><ul><li>Meet the 4 startups helping retailers compete with Amazon by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/micro-warehouse-startups-retailers-amazon-level-speed-2020-12">tapping into micro-warehouses</a> across the US</li><li><p>How a debilitating injury left this founder reliant on on-demand delivery and inspired to create a startup that helps <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/micro-warehousing-startup-ohi-offers-dtc-amazon-like-shipping-speeds-2020-12">DTC companies expedite shipping speeds by using micro-warehouses</a></p><p><strong style="color: #000000;">Elsewhere in retail:</strong></p></li><li>New year, new job? <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-does-postmates-pay-engineers-data-scientists-2021-1">Here's how much Postmates pays</a> software engineers, robotics engineers, and data scientists at the last-mile delivery company now owned by Uber</li><li>The resale market is so hot right now. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/used-peloton-bikes-sold-online-delaying-company-resale-market-plan-2021-1">Used Peloton bikes are selling online through Facebook and Craigslist</a> within hours for the same price as a new machine.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-wore-burton-meme-jacket-to-inauguration-2021-1">Bernie Sanders represented Vermont with his familiar Burton jacket</a> on Inauguration Day. Yes, there is always a retail angle.</li><li>As Oatly looks to IPO, experts say these <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/foods-brands-expected-ipo-2021-1">8 brands in the $813 billion packaged food industry could follow suit</a>, from Impossible Foods to Chobani</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retailers-drop-my-pillow-election-fraud-claims-mike-lindell-2021-1-">Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and Kohl's will drop My Pillow</a> products from stores after its CEO spread election conspiracy theories</li><li>A <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-franchisee-attends-dc-protests-as-chain-condemns-trump-2021-1">McDonald's franchisee said he had 'an EPIC time' in Washington, D.C. amid the Capitol riot.</a> Now his posts are shining a light on the political struggle engulfing corporate America.</li></ul>

Insider Retail: Logistics startups look to micro-warehouses and the vaccine rollout hits retail stores

<p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><a href="https://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/10-things-opening-bell&amp;hash=8122c716833601fc1471f79af063b104?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingestedium=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Welcome to 10 Things Before the Opening Bell. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning.</a></em></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/insider-investing?nr_email_referer=1&amp;utm_sou%5Bu%5B" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sign up for Insider Investing</a> for your weekly <keyword id="31671" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="markets">markets</keyword> analysis.</strong></p><p>1. <strong>Global shares ease but rising bond yields remain in focus.</strong> <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-markets-today-futures-ease-rising-bond-yields-remain-focus-2021-3-1030262793">Investors are waiting for Biden's infrastructure plans, OPEC+ and jobs data later this week</a>. </p><p>2. <strong>Deliveroo falls 30% as it trades publicly.</strong> London's biggest IPO in 10 years <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/deliveroo-stock-price-ipo-london-stock-exchange-food-delivery-2021-3-1030262150">got little more than a lukewarm reception at its debut.</a></p><p>3. <strong>Ethereum developers say upgrade that will destroy coins is popular with users.</strong> Updates planned for summer are meant to <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/ethereum-network-upgrade-destorys-ether-eth-popular-users-miners-2021-3-1030262321">simplify fees and limit ether supply, which has caused some miners to be disgruntled</a>. </p><p>4. <strong>Trading volume in Cathie Wood's new space ETF soared on its first day. </strong>Shares of the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/cathie-wood-space-etf-ark-innovation-volume-trading-investing-stocks-2021-3-1030260593">Ark Space Exploration and Innovation ETF worth over $200 million were traded</a>.  </p><p>5. <strong>Crypto network Ripple gets a foothold in Asia.</strong> The company is taking a stake in a <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/crypto-network-ripple-stake-cross-border-payment-firm-tranglo-2021-3-1030260173">cross-border payment specialist</a>.</p><p>6. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/earnings-calendar"><strong>Earnings</strong> <strong>expected</strong></a><strong>. </strong>Wallgreens Boots Alliance and Hennes &amp; Mauritz are two to watch. </p><p>7. <strong><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/economic-calendar">Coming up on the economic calendar</a>.</strong> President Biden's infrastructure plan will be announced, British GDP and the European Consumer Price Index were published earlier today.  </p><p>8. <strong>Bank of America sees a once-in-a-century buying opportunity in physical assets like real estate and art</strong>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-invest-in-real-assets-outperformance-advice-from-bofa-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The firm's chief investment strategist shared 9 trades investors can make to cash in</a>.</p><p>9. <strong>The Archegos Capital Management blowup has created opportunities for shrewd traders</strong>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/archegos-capital-management-experts-share-how-traders-can-exploit-blowup-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Two derivatives experts explain what's on offer in the options market</a>.</p><p>10. <strong>Ryan Jacob's internet fund has tripled in value over the past year</strong>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stocks-to-buy-best-internet-significant-upside-faang-ryan-jacob-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He told us 5 stocks he's now betting on for their "very significant" upside</a>.</p>

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<p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/wba/charts">MarketWatch</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><ul><li><strong><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/amzn-stock">Amazon</a> is buying online pharmacy PillPack, and the</strong><strong> main pharmacy stocks are getting whacked. </strong></li><li><strong>Walgreens had an encouraging quarter, which included a dividend hike and share buyback program, and it's still getting crushed. </strong></li><li><strong>Watch <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/wba-stock">Wallgreens</a>, <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/cvs-stock">CVS</a>, and <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/rad-stock">Rite Aid</a> trade here. </strong></li></ul><p><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/amzn-stock">Amazon</a> is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-pharmacy-pillpack-acquisition-merger-latest-push-into-healthcare-2018-6">buying online pharmacy PillPack,</a> and pharmaceutical stocks are getting hit Thursday morning.</p><p>Here's the scoreboard:</p><p><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/cvs-stock">CVS</a>: -8.47%</p><p><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/rad-stock">Rite Aid</a>: -3.03%</p><p><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/wba-stock">Wallgreens Boots Alliance</a>: -9.64%</p><p>PillPack is geared towards patients who take multiple daily prescriptions. "<span>PillPack makes it simple for any customer to take the right medication at the right time, and feel healthier," its cofounder and CEO TJ Parker said in a <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180628005614/en/Amazon-Acquire-PillPack">press release</a>. </span></p><p><span>Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon's World Wide Consumer unit, added: "PillPack's visionary team has a combination of deep pharmacy experience and a focus on technology." </span></p><p><span>Walgreens shareholders seem particularly nervous about Amazon's advances into the pharmaceutical space. Just hours before Amazon announced it's buying PillPack, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/walgreens-stock-price-earnings-dividend-buyback-program-2018-6?r=UK&amp;IR=T">Walgreens beat analyst estimates</a> on third-quarter revenue and earnings. The company also hiked its dividend and announced a $10 billion share buyback plan. </span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-pitches-peace-to-kim-jong-un-with-bizarre-hollywood-style-video-2018-6">Trump pitched peace to Kim Jong Un with this Hollywood-style video starring Kim as the leading man</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

Pharmacy stocks are getting slammed after Amazon buys PillPack

<p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Thomson Reuters</span></p><p class="caption">General Electric Chairman and CEO Immelt and staff leave after a meeting with French President at the Elysee Palace in Paris</p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><ul><li><strong><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ge-stock">General Electric</a> will be replaced by <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/wba-stock">Wallgreens Boots Alliance</a> in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.</strong></li><li><strong>Shares of embattled GE fell about 1.6% overnight following the announcement, while Walgreens rose 3%.</strong></li><li><strong>The change will make the index more representative of the economy, S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices said.</strong></li><li><strong><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ge-stock">Follow GE's stock price here</a> - and follow Walgreens' here. </strong></li></ul><p>Shares of <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ge-stock">General Electric</a>, an original <a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/index/dow_jones">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> member, sank about 1.7% ahead of Wednesday's opening bell after the announcement it will be replaced by Walgreens Boots Alliance in the blue chip stock index.</p><p>Walgreens, which merged with the Swiss-British Alliance Boots pharmacy in 2014, gained about 3% on the announcement.</p><p>GE, founded by Thomas Edison in 1892, was the most valuable public company upon its <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/dow-original-companies-2016-12">inclusion in the index</a> by Charles Dow on its creation in 1896. But the broad decline of the industrial sector and a foray into financial services decimated by the global financial crisis of 2008 led to the company being the sixth-smallest upon the announcement from S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices on Tuesday.</p><p>The shakeup will make the 122-year-old index more representative of the economy, the company said.</p><p>"The U.S. economy has changed," said David Blitzer, the S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices managing director and chairman of its index committee, in a press release. "Consumer, finance, health care and technology companies are more prominent today and the relative importance of industrial companies is less. Walgreens is a national retail drug store chain offering prescription and non-prescription drugs, related health services and general goods."</p><p>"With its addition, the DJIA will be more representative of the consumer and health care sectors of the U.S. economy," Blitzer added. "Today's change to the DJIA will make the index a better measure of the economy and the stock market."</p><p>GE's stock price has fallen nearly 80% from its highs in 2000, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ge-loses-dow-replaced-by-walgreens-2018-6">Reuters reported</a>. Last month, newly installed CEO John Flannery warned that the company's once-dependable dividend may be in jeopardy in 2019. As the company sells off assets, including locomotive and power-plant manufacturing units, there have also been calls to even more significantly break up the company from activist investors.</p><p>To be sure, there are beacons of light in GE's otherwise grim outlook. Its <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/general-electric-earnings-beat-boost-from-aviation-and-healthcare-businesses-2018-4"><span>aviation, transportation and healthcare businesses helped the company beat Wall Street estimates </span></a>on its most recent quarterly earnings report in April.</p><p>"We are focused on executing against the plan we've laid out to improve GE's performance," the company said in a statement. "Today's announcement does nothing to change those commitments or our focus in creating in a stronger, simpler GE."</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ge-stock"></a><p class="source"><span><a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ge-stock">Markets Insider</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p class="tagline">Get the latest General Electric stock price<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stock/GE-Quote"> here.</a></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sara-blakely-spanx-ceo-offers-advice-redefine-failure-retail-2016-7">Learning to celebrate failure at a young age led to this billionaire's success</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

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