Starting this week, Amazon third-party sellers cannot use Fedex's ground delivery network for Prime shipments, "until the delivery performance of these ship methods improves,” according to an email Amazon sent Sunday to merchants, notes The Wall Street Journal. Third-party sellers, who "now account for more than half of the merchandise sold on Amazon’s website" -- had still beenusing Fedex, although the ecommerce giant had already stopped Fedex for its own U.S. deliveries,

"The troubled Kate Spade brand is looking for a new chief executive to get the brand back on track," according to Chain Store Age. Anna Bakst, CEO and brand president of Kate Spade, will leave at the end of the year, after leading the company only since March 2018.

Kellogg’s potato chips brand Pringles is returning to Super Bowl broadcasting for the third consecutive year, this time in partnership with Adult Swim's animated series “Rick and Morty.” Pringles said it would “test the limits with Rick and Morty, in a humorous, mind-bending animated spot." The 30-second spot from Grey Group will air during the second quarter, leading to a fully integrated marketing campaign with Rick and Morty getting a special-edition Pickle Rick flavor.

A Beatles pop-up is coming to New York City for the holiday season through Dec. 22. “Sony Music’s The Thread Shop and Apple Corps Ltd. have created the pop-up, marking the first wave of products available under a new licensing agreement for The Beatles merchandising rights in North America,” according to WWD.  Beatles-themed gifts, ranging from holiday sweaters, hats, scarves and tree ornaments to branded toys, turntables and a pinball machine, will be available for purchase.

Nissan is shaking up the car-buying experience with a partnership with Turo called the Nissan Experience Test Drive. Turo will provide users in three test markets with an assortment of Nissan models to book just like any other Turo. The cars will come from 40 dealers in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Northern New Jersey area. Consumers who opt to test drive a Nissan through Turo will receive $300 toward the purchase of one from the automaker.

Andy Dunn, senior VP of digital consumer brands at Walmart, is leaving the company on a high note. He announced his departure in a post on LinkedIn entitled “A Love Letter to Walmart.” The executive praised Walmart, noting that the company is “obsessed” with delivering a better life for its core customers, according to Chain Store Age. “The more I fell in love with that mission, the more I came to understand what Walmart does in America and around the world as a moral imperative,” Dunn wrote. “When it comes to making the world a better place, the world's largest …

America’s love affair with online shopping shows no signs of cooling off. But when it comes to some items, like household and toiletries, traditional shopping still holds appeal. “More than three years after Unilever, the European giant behind Dove soap and Axe body sprays, paid $1 billion to buy Dollar Shave Club, the razor subscription service still isn’t making money,” people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. Upstart brands are finding they must move into brick and mortar to compete outside of niche territory. Big retailers can give brands critical visibility.

Walmart pulled Christmas sweaters that mixed Santa with sex and cocaine. “We all know how snow works. It’s white, powdery and the best snow comes straight from South America," the description read. "That’s why Santa really likes to savor the moment when he gets his hands on some quality, grade A, Colombian snow.” Walmart Canada apologized and removed several holiday sweaters sold by a third-party seller, including one featuring an image of Santa Claus seated at a table with three white lines that appeared to be cocaine.

General Mills is adding heart shapes to Honey Nut Cheerios and original Cheerios in an effort to propel heart health conversations, officials shared exclusively with USA Today. “The new limited-edition boxes are already starting to show up on store shelves and will be available nationwide in January, a time when healthy eating returns to the forefront with New Year's resolutions,” according to the newspaper.

Toyota Motor North America CEO Jim Lentz, 64, is stepping down next year after a 38-year automotive career. Replacing him on April 1 is the company’s North America chief operating officer, Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa. Lentz oversaw many changes at the automaker, including moving its North American headquarters from California to Texas.