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Through decades of effort by labor unions and activists, retail workers in France earned the right to a day of …
10 Tuesday Mar 2020
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Through decades of effort by labor unions and activists, retail workers in France earned the right to a day of …
27 Thursday Feb 2020
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To serve online or mobile shoppers, some retailers build bigger distribution centers or add more regional hubs. Others beef up …
26 Wednesday Jun 2019
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The expanded introduction of robots to perform in-store and logistics operations suggests both opportunities and threats to the workers who …
08 Tuesday Jan 2019
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Grasping and placing. Those are two rather basic tasks for humans, who constantly and unthinkingly pick up items and move …
26 Wednesday Dec 2018
Several of the greatest retail challenges—dealing with theft, finding good employees—might be addressed by one philosophical concept: the honor system. …
07 Wednesday Nov 2018
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By 2025, Starbucks plans to have 10,000 “Greener Stores” in operation, each of them relying completely on renewable energy sources. …
08 Thursday Mar 2018
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There is no question that retail theft is a problem. Shoplifting, not to mention organized crime efforts to steal products …
20 Wednesday Dec 2017
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Walmart is going high-tech in an effort to automate and better serve its customers. After a successful test, the superstore …
25 Wednesday Oct 2017
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When Amazon purchased Whole Foods, everyone knew that changes were coming. A recent shift in strategy involves the way Whole …
22 Friday Sep 2017
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The retail industry accounts for approximately 11 percent of the workforce in the United States today, but advances in robotics …