When Florentino Escobar, a Starbucks barista from Memphis, learned that his case had reached the U.S. Supreme Court, he was stunned.

CJ Logistics, South Korea's largest logistics company, has opened the country's largest Starbucks distribution center near Busan New Port.

The closure of major retailers like Walmart and Starbucks in big cities is driven by a combination of factors, including oversaturation of stores, remote work trends, online shopping, high rents, crime concerns, and difficulties in hiring workers.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is feeling the heat as Congress investigates the company’s “intense opposition” to national efforts to unionize its stores.