How 7-Eleven Struck Back Against an Owner Who Took a Day Off by Hisako Ueno at NY Times. "The company that controls the 7-Eleven chain, Seven & I Holdings, terminated Mr. Matsumoto’s franchise last week after he decided to close his store on New Year’s Day, and it has stopped supplying him." Tiered subs.   Pier 1 Imports to close up to 450 stores, nearly half of its locations by Kelly Tyko at USA Today. Read more   Placer.ai lists the retail chains it sees winning the war for foot traffic in 2020: Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, CVS, [...]

  Amazon to showcase its transportation drive at CES at Reuters. "Until now, Amazon has shown its transportation strategy to investors - and rivals - one piece at a time...The Seattle company will share the CES stage with partners such as virtual reality firm ZeroLight, electric vehicle startup Rivian, Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd and video game software development company Unity Technologies." Read more   ...Amazon Fire TV seatback screens are coming to BMW and FCA vehicles at The Verge. Read more   Hudson’s Bay Co minority shareholders win victory as Richard Baker sweetens bid at Bloomberg via Financial Post. "Hudson’s Bay...agreed [...]

  Amazon threatens to fire critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies by Jay Greene at Washington Post. "An email sent to Maren Costa, a principal user-experience designer at the company, and reviewed by The Post warned that future infractions could “result in formal corrective action, up to and including termination of your employment with Amazon.” Tiered subs.   Hudson Bay, owner of Saks, up 17 percent on deal reports by Lisa Fickenscher at NY Post. "A deal that would allow the company to go private is expected to be reached this week, according to WWD, a fashion trade [...]