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A robotic arm fills prescriptions at a Walgreens’ micro-fulfillment center.Courtesy: WalgreensAs struggling drugstore chains work to regain their footing, Walgreens is doubling down on automation. The company is expanding the number of retail stores served by its micro-fulfillment centers, which use robots to fill thousands of prescriptions for patients who take medications to manage or treat diabetes, high blood pressure and other conditions. Walgreens aims to free up time for pharmacy staff, reducing their routine tasks and eliminating inventory waste. Fewer prescription fills would allow employees to interact directly with patients and perform more clinical services such as vaccinations and testing.Walgreens first…

Like a first date that’s gotten awkward, some companies struggling to win at artificial intelligence might be trying too hard.They might take on too many projects or fail to understand that AI windfalls often come from rewiring how people work, not from “super-cool” AI engines or large-language models, said Sylvain Duranton, global leader of BCG X, the tech build and design division of Boston Consulting Group.Those types of missteps can balloon into big-time frustrations for business leaders, he told Business Insider. Duranton said that if CEOs’ big question around AI in 2024 was which model to use, their ask in…

Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, and Carrie Coon in ‘The White Lotus’ on HBO. Courtesy: Fabio Lovino | HBOMedia companies are staring down widespread economic uncertainty as their annual pitch to advertisers and marketers kicks off.This week legacy entertainment giants including Comcast’s NBCUniversal, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery will stage presentations to ad buyers about why they should commit money to their upcoming slates of sports, entertainment and news programming. Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video are crowding the field holding their second annual Upfronts. Paramount Global held its presentations with advertisers and agencies last week.This year the stakes are high as chief…

For some people abroad, a Jim Beam and Coke isn’t going down as easily as it once did.Companies that make some of the biggest American brands have noted different degrees of pain as some consumers overseas avoid their products in protest of President Donald Trump’s trade war.Globally, consumers are less likely to buy many major US brands than they were just a few months ago, survey data published late last month by Morning Consult found. “This suggests that overseas consumers are uniquely singling out some American brands due to their country of origin,” the report says.US companies already face plenty…

As a small business owner, Ramon van Meer said he’s used to hearing people say they’d be willing to pay more for products made in America.When President Donald Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese imports by an additional 145%, van Meer decided to see if shoppers would put their money where their mouth is.”I wanted to know the answer and then use it for my own company,” the Afina founder told Business Insider. So the serial entrepreneur set about finding US suppliers to make his best-selling product: a specialized filtered shower head.Van Meer said his filters are made in the…

Nike’s long-awaited collaboration with the WNBA’s reigning MVP paid off pretty much instantly.Investing in women’s sports has been a priority for Nike lately, and basketball star A’ja Wilson’s new A’One sneaker sold out in under five minutes in Tuesday’s online release. It’s a project that Wilson said took over two years to come into fruition.As all eyes are on Nike to make good on its promises for a comeback, it’s a win for the sports apparel giant. Its decision to use women’s sports to reach its goal is “a savvy one” as the WNBA enters the global stage with surging…

As VP of search experience at Google and the cofounder of some of its most popular products, Rajan Patel knows a thing or two about pitching ideas to the higher-ups.Patel was one of the creators of Google Lens, a tool launched in 2017 that’s become a popular way for people to find answers to what they’re looking at by snapping a photo of it. It now has 25 billion search queries every month and just underwent its latest update called “AI Mode” in Google Labs, allowing users to get AI responses with links to their photo searches.Patel also led the…

Bud Light was the king of beers for a long time in the United States. Sure, its sibling brand, Budweiser, had the formal title, but based on sales, the lighter lager was on top for decades. A couple of years ago, in the face of a cultural firestorm and changing consumer tastes, Bug Light lost its crown. Mexican-made Modelo took its place as the top-selling beer in America in retail, becoming the new rey of beers, if you will. Now, politics may be scrambling the beer space again, and not in Modelo’s favor.To back up a bit, 2023 was tough…

Michael Stern was fed up.For weeks, an anonymous website had been portraying the real estate developer as a fraud who has a history of deceiving investors and business partners.Does he? Stern says no. In April, he filed a lawsuit seeking to clear his name, demanding that a judge unmask the anonymous website creator.What Stern does have, according to a Business Insider review, is a history of lawsuits filed against him by former business partners, investors, contractors, and even his mother.Stern is a big target — one of the rare few who can credibly claim to have remade New York City’s…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Malhar Shah, a 34-year-old technical lead who lives in New Jersey. The following has been edited for length and clarity.When I started applying for jobs earlier this year, I figured my best shot at landing interviews was to optimize my résumé as much as possible.One of the most effective strategies I used was asking AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to rate my résumé — both overall and by section — on a scale from one to 10 (one being the worst and 10 being the best). I also asked the…