Workforce & Scheduling

Amazon Fulfillment Center Workers in Alabama Reject Unionization

In a surprisingly lopsided outcome, workers at BHM1, the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., rejected the opportunity to join the Retail,…

How Amazon’s ‘Trench Warfare’ Against Unions Could Damage its Consumer Confidence

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with additional information about Amazon. An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. has become the…

Nike Ties Executive Compensation to Reaching 29% Minority Representation in Leadership by 2025

Nike has created a diversity roadmap that aims to reach 49.5% female employees across the enterprise, and to make the U.S. VP…

Best Buy to Cut 5,000 Full-Time Workers in Shift Toward Flexible Part-Time Associate Base

Best Buy will lay off 5,000 mostly full-time employees and hire 2,000 part-time workers, including offering jobs to many of those being…

Costco Sets New Minimum Wage at $16 Per Hour

Costco will raise its hourly minimum wage to $16 at the beginning of March 2021, according to CNBC. CEO Craig Jelinek revealed…

Despite COVID, Spanish Retailer Rolls Out RFID Across 125 Stores in One Month

Editor’s Note: A version of this article originally appeared in RFID Journal. Spanish fashion retailer Encuentro Moda is deploying a radio frequency…

New York State Sues Amazon for Inadequate Safety Precautions at Two Fulfillment Sites

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, claiming that the retailer “repeatedly and persistently failed to comply…

Walmart Generates 69% Online Sales Growth in Q4, Plans Wage Increases for 425,000 Workers

Walmart reported 69% online sales growth and an 8.6% same-store sales bump in the U.S. during Q4 2021, which ended Jan 31,…

Guitar Center Appoints First Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Guitar Center has named Paul Gimenez to the position of Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. The appointment follows a months-long search…

Walking the Line: How a Post-Pandemic Retail Hybrid Might Make the Best of Both Worlds

Even the best business plans expect some bumps along the road: financial insecurity among consumers, supply chain complications, a shortage of labor…

NRF 2021: Retail Diversity Leaders Reveal Strong Strategies for Supporting Equality

Diversity has become an increasingly hot topic in retail recently, with the industry moving to increase representation across the board of non-dominant…

Post-COVID Best Practices: Combine Mall Product Pickups, Give In-Store Shoppers More Personal Space

Analysts recorded 15,000 retail stores closures in 2020, marking a shift that will have a massive impact in how brick-and-mortar will operate…

Workforce & Scheduling

Amazon Fulfillment Center Workers in Alabama Reject Unionization

How Amazon’s ‘Trench Warfare’ Against Unions Could Damage its Consumer Confidence

Nike Ties Executive Compensation to Reaching 29% Minority Representation in Leadership by 2025

Best Buy to Cut 5,000 Full-Time Workers in Shift Toward Flexible Part-Time Associate Base

Costco Sets New Minimum Wage at $16 Per Hour

Despite COVID, Spanish Retailer Rolls Out RFID Across 125 Stores in One Month

New York State Sues Amazon for Inadequate Safety Precautions at Two Fulfillment Sites

Walmart Generates 69% Online Sales Growth in Q4, Plans Wage Increases for 425,000 Workers

Guitar Center Appoints First Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Walking the Line: How a Post-Pandemic Retail Hybrid Might Make the Best of Both Worlds

NRF 2021: Retail Diversity Leaders Reveal Strong Strategies for Supporting Equality

Post-COVID Best Practices: Combine Mall Product Pickups, Give In-Store Shoppers More Personal Space

How Multichannel Retailers Can Streamline Finance, Tax and Operations Integration

Only 19% of Apparel Shoppers Sought ‘Made in the U.S.’ Clothing During the Pandemic

Exploring the Future of Retail in a Virtual World

The 5 Criteria That Will Make or Break Your AR Commerce Success

Why It’s Time to Update Your Pricing Playbook

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