On Wednesday, Shares of Office Depot Inc (NASDAQ:ODP), gained 0.78% to $7.71.
Office Depot, declared new deals for Black Friday – both in stores and online. Cyber Monday kicks off Cyber Week, with deals all week long. To accommodate busy holiday shoppers, Office Depot and OfficeMax retail stores will be open from 6-9 p.m. local time on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 262 and will re-open on Black Friday, Nov. 27 at 8 a.m. local time with even more new deals.
“At Office Depot, we are dedicated to ensuring our customers enjoy both convenience and savings during the busy holiday season,” said Troy Rice, executive vice president of retail for Office Depot, Inc. “With extended store hours and early deals on the top gifts, shoppers can ‘Gear Up for Gifting’ and get a head start on holiday shopping.”
Special deals will be available both in stores and online, with all online Black Friday deals starting at midnight EST on Thursday, Nov. 26 at officedepot.com and in stores at 6 p.m. local time. More doorbuster deals will start on Friday, Nov. 27 online at midnight EST and in stores at 8 a.m. local time. Cyber Monday deals will be valid online starting at midnight EST on Nov. 29, and kicks off Cyber Week with additional offers available throughout the week.
Office Depot, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, supplies office products and services. The company’s North American Retail division sells an assortment of merchandise, counting office supplies, technology products and solutions, business machines and related supplies, facilities products, and office furniture under various brands through its chain of office supply stores.
Shares of Met life Inc (NYSE:MET), declined -0.97% to $50.28, during its last trading session.
MetLife, declared it has been recognized as a Military Friendly® Employer by G.I. Jobs magazine. This is the fourth year in a row MetLife has been recognized for its commitment to hiring veterans and fostering a culture that honors the experiences, traits and skills of those who have served or continue to serve their country.
G.I. Jobs magazine compiles an annual list of Military Friendly Employers to recognize companies with supportive policies, counting recruiting efforts, retention programs and support for National Guard and Reserve service.
MetLife employee Ross Carkeet joined MetLife after 20 years of service in the U.S. Army. “My experience as a leader in a technological field benefits MetLife greatly in my daily interactions with people,” said Ross, director of video services engineering. “The skills and traits I developed in the military assisted my transition and I was able to be effective from the first day on the job, inspiring the team to achieve and succeed.”
MetLife, Inc. provides life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset administration products in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It operates in six segments: Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits; Corporate Benefit Funding; Latin America; Asia; and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Finally, Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), ended its last trade with -2.05% loss, and closed at $81.82.
Walgreens, in partnership with MDLIVE, declared an expansion of the Walgreens mobile app, offering MDLive’s tele health services to users in 20 additional states, now totaling 25, in addition to the launch of an updated tele health experience within the app, providing better functionality and integration.
“Walgreens provides convenient and connected services for our customers, and we are thrilled to be advancing our digital experience to provide patients with more choices when it comes to accessing care,” said Adam Pellegrini, Walgreens divisional vice president of digital health. “We have seen that tele health solutions play an important role in assisting to improve patient outcomes, and we will continue to work to evolve our offerings to ensure our patients can choose what’s most convenient for them whether that’s live doctor consultations, digitally chatting with a pharmacist or visiting a Healthcare Clinic.”
As part of recently’s expansion, patients in the following states will now have access to MDLIVE tele health services through the Walgreens mobile app: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. The company operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International, and Pharmaceutical Wholesale. The Retail Pharmacy USA segment sells prescription drugs and an assortment of general merchandise, counting non-prescription drugs, beauty products, photo finishing, seasonal merchandise, greeting cards, and convenience foods through its retail drugstores and convenient care clinics.