Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google is pulling a software tool that let small companies access search information on airfares, a potential blow to online travel newcomers. Google’s tool was opened in 2011 after its $700 million acquisition of ITA Software Inc., an online airfare broker. In approving the deal, a federal judge required that Google keep an ITA flight search and ...

Bloomberg Kroger Co. wants to help out with your wardrobe. The largest US supermarket chain is launching an apparel line that it pledges will be “playful, simple and uplifting.” It will be sold in 300 stores, including Fred Meyer and Kroger Marketplace locations. Robert Clark, the company’s senior vice president of merchandising, said the brand “gives Kroger a chance to ...

Bloomberg The chiffon dress with the pasta print should have been the tipoff. In September, the iconoclastic Italian designer house Dolce & Gabbana sent a parade of food-oriented outfits down the runway at the Paris show for its Spring 2018 collection, including high-waisted, carrot-and-radish-printed pants, a ruffled dress emblazoned with cannoli, and a skirt printed with cans of tomatoes. Turns ...