Some of America’s biggest retailers are working to increase their shipping speeds to please shoppers expecting faster and faster deliveries.

Global building materials firm CRH Plc has offered to purchase Australian concrete maker Adbri Ltd. in a joint takeover proposal with Barro Group, valuing the target business at $1.4 billion.

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling will deploy 20 Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractors, said Daimler Truck North America, the truck manufacturer’s parent company.

Walmart extended its streak of strong quarterly gains heading into the holiday season as its low prices attract shoppers looking for deals in a tough economic environment.

PepsiCo Inc. is on course to take over as the biggest U.S. beverage company by market value, supplanting rival Coca-Cola Co., according to Wall Street analysts.

Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out grocery delivery service for non-Prime members to the wider U.S. as it prepares to open more supermarkets next year.

Electric vehicle maker Rivian said Nov. 7 that it will allow other companies to purchase its fleet of delivery vans, ending an exclusive agreement with Amazon.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. has agreed to supply biochemical maker Solugen Inc. with raw materials needed to make plant-based acids at a plant to be built in southwest Minnesota.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy gave investors much of what they wanted: robust sales and profit growth along with a hint that the cloud division earnings machine is regaining momentum.

Arizona state and local officials gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of Sysco Corp.’s future $102 million distribution center in Mesa.