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Wayfair Cuts 870 Corporate Jobs as it Right-Sizes Team Amid Ecommerce Slowdown
Wayfair will lay offapproximately 10% of its corporate employees — 870 corporate workers or about 5% of its global workforce, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.…
News August 22
Inside the ‘Online Mall’ Simon has Created for its Outlet Brands
A lot of new marketplaces have sprung up in the last few years, but even among that now dense crowd, Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) stands out. The first hint as…
Features August 22
A Three-Step Defense Against Website Vandalism: Plan. Respond. Recover.
A famous dating website was vandalized, and its 32 million members leaked. The website of the UK’s National Health Service was defaced; so was the website of a U.S. presidential…
Executive Viewpoints August 22
What Main Street Can Learn from Wall Street: Retail Businesses Should Look to the Trading Floor for Inspiration
Retail used to be simple: retailers found a store format that worked and then simply opened more stores. It was operationally complex, but conceptually simple. For most retailers customers were…
Executive Viewpoints August 22
What’s the New Holiday Marketing Calendar?
Featuring: Julie Van Ullen, Rakuten Rewards Changing consumer behaviors and the impact of shopping holidays like Prime Day are encouraging marketing teams to rethink the traditional holiday calendar. In fact,…
Podcasts August 22
Foot Locker Expands Ecommerce Reach With Fanatics Partnership
Foot Locker and Fanatics have partnered to connect their ecommerce inventories by allowing Foot Locker fulfill its online orders through the digital sports platform. The deal follows the June appointment…
News August 19
Bath & Body Works Lays Off 130 Workers as it Realigns Operating Structure
Bath & Body Works will lay off 130 employees, mostly from leadership roles, as the retailer seeks to create organizational efficiencies by simplifying and realigning its operating structure. The announcement…
News August 19
Starbucks to Eliminate COO Role with Departure of John Culver
Starbucks COO John Culver announced in a letter to employees that he would be leaving the company on Oct. 3, 2022 after 20 years at the global coffee chain. With…
News August 19
