Workforce & Scheduling

Gelson’s Adopts Data-Driven Store Operations Solution

Gelson’s Markets has partnered with Upshop as part of an initiative to better use data, AI and operational insights to make operations…

Instacart Creates Debit Card for Contract ‘Shoppers’ to Earn Cashback, Save on Fees

Instacart has teamed up with workforce payments platform Branch to develop a new rewards debit card for its “Shoppers,” the contract employees…

Salesforce Global Holiday Forecast: AI Will Drive $1.6 Trillion in In-Store Sales

AI already has affected shopping habits for large numbers of consumers, and its ability to make hyper-personalized product recommendations — and also…

Reimagined Champs Sports Stores Feature 3D Fitting Tools, Dedicated Running Club Spaces

Champs Sports has introduced its first two reimagined stores, designed to embody the brand’s “Sport For Life” platform. The stores, in Tampa,…

Affordable Beauty Retailer Miss A Aims to Have 100 Stores by Early 2026

Miss A, a value-priced beauty retailer with 65 stores, plans to boost its store count to 100 locations by Q1 2026. The…

Kizik Takes its Hands-Free Shoes on a National Tour to Deliver ‘A-ha’ Moments

Everyone over the age of two has put on their shoes thousands of times, but hands-free shoe retailer Kizik insists that putting…

FTC Approves Alimentation Couche-Tard Acquisition of 270-Store GetGo Café

Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT), the Canada-based convenience store giant, has received approval from the Federal Trade Commission to complete its purchase of the…

CVS Launches Workforce Training Center in Chicago

CVS Health has opened its new Workforce Innovation and Talent Center (WITC) in cooperation with the Chicago Baptist Institute, where the center…

Staples Canada Launches Electronics Trade-In Program

Staples Canada and Allstate Protection Plans have introduced Staples Trade-in by Allstate, allowing Canadians to exchange unwanted electronics for Staples e-gift cards….

Walmart Tests Dark Stores in its Multi-Front Effort to Improve Delivery

Walmart has pursued numerous initiatives designed to improve its delivery speed and reach over the past year, and now the retail giant…

Walmart Deploys AI-Powered Task Management and Translation Tools for Associates

Walmart is in the process of deploying AI-powered tools to meet key store associate requirements, including a task management solution that has…

BOOsting Retail Employment: Spirit Halloween to Hire 50,000 Seasonal Associates

Spirit Halloween is seeking to conjure up 50,000 seasonal sales associates and store managers to staff the more than 1,500 locations the…

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