
McDonald's Corp. (MCD) ended its longtime partnership with the International Olympic Committee as the fast-food chain joins a growing list of U.S. companies pulling advertising from the games, AdAge reported. Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABV) , Citigroup (C) , Hilton (HLT) , TD Ameritrade (AMTD) and AT&T (T) have all pulled out of the Olympic games in the last year. Industry experts speculate that some U.S. advertisers have left because of the dramatic time change for the next few games - PyeongChang in 2018, Tokyo in 2020 and Beijing in 2022. McDonald's said the decision is part of a global growth plan that has the company reconsidering all parts of the business. McDonald's, which has advertised at
The United States Postal Service denied J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (JCP) CEO Marvin Ellison's assertion made earlier this week, which was first reported by TheStreet, that it would be the one to hold back future e-commerce growth. A USPS spokesman said in an email to TheStreet that the agency's "unrivaled network and infrastructure" will "enable" and "facilitate" e-commerce's "future growth," pointing out that its workers delivered 154 billion pieces of mail to the U.S. in 2016. "The Postal Service continually adapts to a dynamic marketplace," the spokesman said on Friday. "We operate an extensive and integrated retail, transportation, processing and delivery network to serve residential and commercial
Taking Bonobos public was top of mind for Andy Dunn and his board earlier this year when he had a chance, and revealing, phone conversation on a plane with a friend from Jet.com. It was then, Dunn admitted that he was looking for another round of funding. "Jet?" asked Dunn, the founder and CEO of Bonobos.