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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 22Foot 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 22Wayfair 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 22Inside 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 22A 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 22What 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 22What’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 22Foot 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…
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