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It’s Time for an Hourly Hiring Upgrade

The past few years have shown us the value of hourly hiring for driving company successes and growth. But finding that talent isn’t easy in a tight market, especially for…

Executive Viewpoints August 23
CNBC: Walmart Expands Employee Abortion Coverage, Increases Family Planning Services

CNBC: Walmart Expands Employee Abortion Coverage, Increases Family Planning Services

Walmart will expand employee abortion coverage and related travel expenses with its healthcare plans “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or…

News August 22

Foot Locker Names Ulta Chief as New CEO

Mary Dillon, former Executive Chair and CEO of Ulta Beauty, has been named President and CEO of Foot Locker. Effective Sept. 1, 2022, Dillon will replace the retiring Richard Johnson,…

News August 22

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
Simon and Rue Gilt Group's Shop Premium Outlets marketplace is positioned as an online mall.

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
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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
IT'SUGAR

IT’SUGAR

IT’SUGAR showed off the sweet side of retail when it recently opened its 20,335–square-foot, two–story candy department store in New York City’s Times Square on Aug. 11. This second-largest IT’SUGAR…

News August 19
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