21 Wednesday Oct 2020
In the United States, government stimulus efforts aimed, among other things, to encourage consumers to spend more, to keep the …
30 Thursday Apr 2020
A known side effect of alcohol consumption is diminished inhibitions. If retailers want to overcome shoppers’ inhibitions about shopping and …
16 Thursday Apr 2020
As retail stores increasingly integrate robotic technologies to perform various mundane tasks—such as restocking shelves, unloading deliveries, and mopping up …
14 Tuesday Apr 2020
One of the key resources that Target has at its disposal is its vast network of physical stores. Yet some …
12 Thursday Mar 2020
As Old Navy works to make it easier for consumers to buy, the jobs performed by the employees tasked with …
10 Tuesday Mar 2020
Through decades of effort by labor unions and activists, retail workers in France earned the right to a day of …
27 Thursday Feb 2020
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. …
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