Kellogg, which sponsors all-around Olympic champion Simone Biles, will release special-edition boxes of Special K. The boxes will feature a photo of Biles with her all-around gold on one side and a photo of her with the rest of the Final Five - Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian - on the other.

It's back-to-college season, which means retailers are battling to equip as many of America's freshmen with laptops, futons and mini-fridges as they can. Amid the flood of deals and discounts, some have their eyes on a bigger prize: figuring out how a new generation of customers shops and hooking a group of potential lifelong repeat customers.

Alexa is claiming a growing beachhead in the smart car market as well as the smart home market. The Amazon voice-command platform is doing so via BMW, which in turn is trying to emerge as a serious Tesla fighter with a new and expanded strategy for electric cars. BMW and Ford are the only automakers to offer an Alexa integration.

As more people skip or block ads when streaming shows or browsing websites, advertisers are trying to find new ways to deliver their messages. The internet has long been a place where companies have tried to break out of the 30- and 60-second ad model, but as it has become easier to present high-quality videos online.

One of Wal-Mart's primary selling points is its low prices, but customers at a growing number of stores are out of luck if they happen to see lower prices on a competitor's shelves. After eliminating its price-matching policy at 500 stores in June, the retail giant added another 300 locations to that list at the beginning of the month, according to Consumerist.com.

Samsung Electronics America announced late Wednesday that it would acquire the City of Industry company, which competes on the very high end of the market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Korea Economic Daily said the arm of the South Korean conglomerate paid $150 million, citing unnamed sources.

Between the heights of "Wiggomania" in the summer of 2012 and now, Sir Bradley Wiggins has slowly transformed himself as a public figure, preparing the road for his post-Rio career. The haircut, sideburns and long frame, the dry British humor and spiky, rock 'n' roll personality - in brand terms, it's a winning combination.

Chase and the Ritz-Carlton announced enhancements to the Ritz-Carlton Rewards Credit Card, including the upgrade of the card to Visa Infinite. Card members will now get airline ticket discounts, access to more than 900 Priority Pass lounges, Global Entry application fee reimbursement, special car rental privileges and numerous exclusive experiences.

Amid the auto industry's anxiety about what kind of customer the car-shunning, ride-sharing Gen Y will become, Ford is doing a good business selling a particular high-profit nameplate to what has become a forgotten demographic cohort in America: Generation X. The Ford Explorer Sport has the highest percentage of Gen X buyers of any non-luxury SUV in the U.S.

The film, created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty, shows a close-up of a driver's eye, with the pupil dilating and reflecting the street lights of the nighttime road scene ahead of the car. This cuts to a slow-mo shot of an R8 driving through a tunnel, before a final shot of the car outside, braking suddenly to a halt.