Eliot Tatelman wants to make sure you're in front of a TV Monday night, trying to decide which presidential candidate to vote for rather than in his store, debating whether to buy a cloth or leather couch. Tatelman, president and chief executive officer of Jordan's Furniture, is so sold on the idea that he is closing all of the chain's six stores an hour earlier than normal.

Casper is rolling out a chatbot targeted toward people who have trouble sleeping--just send it a text and it'll talk with you, (hopefully) much in the way a human would. The chatbot, called Insomnobot3000 and accessible via text, is the result of months of secretive development by a 10-person team spanning Casper's tech, design, data, and creative departments.

In April, Seventh Generation CEO John Replogle said that he loved that the eco-friendly household products company he runs was private. But in the spring, after Unilever reached out to him, Replogle started having informal conversations with the Dutch consumer goods giant about both companies' purpose-driven operating principals.

Vera Bradley's new ad campaign asks why it's good to be a girl and some of the answers are sad. The company is going after a new target, a demographic they label as the "daymaker," otherwise known as women from 25-40. Along with this change in focus they've rolled out a hashtag campaign #ItsGoodToBeAGirl, which seems to be missing an apostrophe and any coherent meaning.

The CEO of the drug maker that sells the EpiPen allergy-reaction injector defended the company's six-fold price increases Wednesday in congressional testimony, painting the lifesaving treatment as less profitable than it might appear. Heather Bresch was assailed in a bipartisan chorus over the increases. EpiPen has gone from $100 for a two-pack in 2009 to $608 today.

John Rood is returning to the Walt Disney Co. as head of marketing for Disney Channels Worldwide. As senior vice president, marketing, Rood will report to Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer, Disney Channels Worldwide. Rood will be responsible for overseeing creative marketing for a portfolio that includes Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior.

Amazon.com Inc. appears to be planning a brick-and-mortar bookstore in the Boston area. The new location would join three Amazon Books outlets: one in its hometown of Seattle, another in San Diego, and a third planned for Portland, Ore. Media reports have also indicated that Amazon may open bookstores in Chicago and New York.

BMW Films is bringing back its series of short films with Clive Owen reprising his role as "The Driver." The new short, The Escape, co-stars Dakota Fanning. Presented as an homage to the original series - which featured A-list directors as Alejandro G. Inarritu, Ang Lee and the late John Frankenheimer - The Escape will premiere Oct. 23 on BMWFilms.com.

Trump Jr. used a Twitter post to liken Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles. A spokeswoman for Wrigley Americas, which makes Skittles, clearly rebuked Trump's dehumanizing comparison. "Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. We don't feel it's an appropriate analogy," said Denise Young, vice president of corporate affairs for the company.

The Clinton Foundation's No Ceilings initiative is launching a multi-pronged effort to invest in women, address violence against women and girls, and promote female leadership with a coalition of major companies, including Airbnb, Unilever, Sodexo, Dermalogica and Avon. The approach enlists more than 20 partners from the corporate and nonprofit worlds.