WINDOW SHOPPING

Walmart extends online pickup service

Walmart is expanding its online grocery ordering and pickup service to include an additional four locations in the Oklahoma City area, it’s announced.

Effective 9 a.m. Thursday, customers will be able to order groceries online and then pick them up from stores at 1200 Garth Brooks Blvd. in Yukon, at 6100 W Reno Ave. and 3301 SW 104 in Oklahoma City, and at 14185 Mack Harrington Drive in Choctaw.

The company says its online grocery pickup service, which now is offered at 14 stores in the Oklahoma City area, is another way it’s providing the choice and convenience customers want.

Additionally, the company said it also is providing online ordering and pickup of hundreds of back-toschool products this year and has doubled the number of items available for same-day pickup since this time last year.

Store seeks volunteers for Food Bank

The Black Scintilla, at 1112 N Walker, Suite 104, is asking its customers to help out Aug. 5 as it volunteers at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, 3355 S Purdue.

Customers 8 years old and older are encouraged to join the store’s staff as it volunteers there from 9 a.m. until noon.

Store officials said they will provide doughnuts and coffee for volunteers, and that each store customer who helps out will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card for the store.

Visit blackscintilla.com to click a link to volunteer.

Millennials blamed for sagging beer sales

Thinking of opening a craft brewery or a bar? You might want avoid targeting millennials in your marketing — and definitely cut back on the beer.

Goldman Sachs recently downgraded the stocks of two major brewers — Boston Beer Company (the makers of Sam Adams and Angry Orchard cider) and Constellation Brands (the third-largest beer company in the United States, and one known for importing Corona and Modelo) — due to “sluggish sales,” according to a CNBC report. The culprit? Yeah, it’s the millennials.

Apparently, younger generations aren’t drinking as much beer as they used to. The data shows they now prefer wine and spirits instead. Research firm Nielsen showed a slight decline in beer penetration across the United States compared to 2016, although wine and spirits penetration stayed about the same. But Goldman’s research revealed a shift away from beer to wine and spirits among those 35-44.

DirecTV Now reaches half-million subscribers

DirecTV Now has reached more than half a million subscribers, AT&T announced Wednesday. The service was launched in Nov. 2016 as an over-the-top video streaming option and includes prerecorded and live content.

About half of DirecTV Now subscribers previously had no pay-TV service, while the remaining 50 percent came from other service providers.