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The retailer has added groceries, alcohol and more features to its curbside pickup service.

Target Corp. said Wednesday that it will add the option for placing a Starbucks order and making a return at the curbside pickup service in select markets, starting in the fall. Customers will be able to place a Starbucks order or start the return in the app, and the full order will be available when they arrive at the store. The goal is to continue to grow the capabilities of the company''s stores as fulfillment hubs. "As the company''s digital business has more than doubled during the last two years, Order Pickup, Drive Up and Same-Day Delivery with Shipt have accounted for more than half of those sales," the company said in a statement. The retailer is also adding categories of items to the "backup" capability, which allows customers to include a second choice in case some items are unavailable. The option was first available for food and beverage. Target stock is up 5.4% over the last year while the S&P 500 index has gained nearly 11%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move.

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Starbucks employee receives loads of love online after looking out for young girls safety

Starbucks and Costa must contend with an unlikely new rival in China state-owned postal services provider China Post.It opened its first coffee shop last week in the coastal city of Xiamen in Chinas eastern Fujian province. But China Post began testing the waters last year, when in September it opened a coffee shop at a post office on Tianping Road in Shanghais bustling Xuhui district.China Post, which can bank on its staggering number of outlets, has an edge when it comes to building a

"Are you okay? Do you want us to intervene? If you do, take the lid off the cup, the Starbucks employee wrote on a cup before giving it to the girl.

We love to see humans looking out for other humans.

A Starbucks employee in Texas has gone viral after the employee secretly passed a note to a female patron to make sure she did not feel threatened by an older man speaking with her, according to a report.

The original tweet sparked a debate on whether Starbucks is a good first date location, but it has been revealed as a ruse

A Starbucks barista in Texas feared a teenager may be in danger and came to her rescue by writing a message on a cup to give to her, the girl''s mom said.

The union, Workers United, is now petitioning to represent workers at around 100 locations across the U.S., meaning the company could face a wave of union elections in the coming months.

Polen Capital, an investment management firm, published its Polen Global Growth fourth quarter 2021 investor letter a copy of which can be downloaded here.

It has been a remarkable two months for pro-union workers at Starbucks. Over 100 stores have now filed for union representation elections, and the number is growing daily. In response, Starbucks has bombarded workers with anti-union text messages,

Starbucks, McDonalds, Chipotle, Amazon all protect profits by making customers pay more. We need the political courage to say they can and should cover rising costs themselves The Biden White House has decided to stop tying inflation to corporate power. Thats a big mistake. Ill get to the reason for the shift in a moment. First, I want to be clear about the relationship between inflation and corporate power. While most of the price increases now affecting the US and global economies have been the result of global supply chain problems , this doesnt explain why big and hugely profitable corporations are passing these cost increases on to their customers in the form of higher prices. Continue reading

27 Starbucks workers told us about their treatment by customers in the pandemic. Their story is a case study of the challenges service workers faced.