Amazon reportedly postponing Prime Day until October at CNBC. "The email advises sellers to use the week of Oct. 5 as a “placeholder date” for Prime Day promotions and coupons, but cautions that “exact Prime Day dates have not been announced.” Read more   White House teases executive orders on China, immigration and prescription drugs at Politico. "The interesting thing is this president will do more in the next four weeks than Joe Biden and his team did in the last 40 years,” (Mark Meadows) claimed. “So you just need to stay tuned.” Read more   Sam's Club CEO [...]

  US adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1% at AP. Read more   Home Depot bans some rope sales after nooses were found tied on store spools at USA Today. "Rob Ball urgently needed some rope. A vegetable farmer in eastern Jefferson County, Ball had 300 tomato plants that needed stringing...So Ball paid a visit to his local Home Depot, where he hoped to buy several hundred feet of the store’s quarter-inch twisted nylon rope. To his dismay, a Home Depot salesman informed Ball of a new store policy: Customers can no longer buy rope by the foot." Read [...]

  Walgreens says new small-format store personalizes care, could help in ‘pharmacy deserts’ at CNBC. "It has opened more than 30 small-format pharmacies as part of a pilot, and it may open additional ones depending on how the stores perform. Inside of the company, the project was dubbed “Cooper” — a reference to the Mini Cooper, a small BMW car with a cult following." Read more   Macy's reports $3.58 billion quarterly loss as COVID-19 hits business at Reuters. Read more   Instacart sues Seattle over law requiring premium pay to drivers during the pandemic at GeekWire. "The legislation prohibits [...]