Management
July 7, 2022 at 4:56 pm
Peloton sweetened incentives for its workers with one-time cash bonuses and changes to its stock compensation plan as it works to retain employees and fix its struggling business, according to internal memos seen by CNBC. The changes come a little more than five months into CEO Barry McCarthy's turnaround plan. McCarthy was named CEO in early…
July 5, 2022 at 5:14 pm
Online sneaker resale platform StockX is facing a slew of troubles, from layoffs to lawsuits, reports Footwear News. Last week, the company laid off 8 percent of its workforce, saying that it needed to adapt and pivot its business to keep up with “macroeconomic challenges” that are impacting the economy and its business. According to an…
July 1, 2022 at 2:21 pm
Kohl's has rejected a $53-per-share takeover bid — down from a previous offer of $60 — from the Franchise Group (FRG), according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the retailer on July 1. "Despite a concerted effort on both sides, the current financing and retail environment created significant obstacles to reaching an acceptable and fully executable…
June 30, 2022 at 6:13 pm
Enjoy Technology, a retail startup founded by former Apple and J.C. Penney exec Ron Johnson, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, mere months after it made its stock market debut. The company’s liquidity has dwindled while its business has suffered from staffing shortages. Enjoy, which operates mobile retail stores, went public in October…
June 28, 2022 at 3:14 pm
After a six-month review period that saw its own stock and the broader markets falling by more than 20 percent, Walgreens announced Tuesday that it has decided to retain ownership of its U.K.-based Boots unit, as well as its No7 cosmetics brand, reports PYMNTS. A deal that had been reputed to be worth up to…
June 27, 2022 at 10:13 pm
Foot Locker Inc. said on Monday that it entered a deal to sell its team sales business to BSN Sports, a division of team athletic gear provider Varsity Brands. The retailer is divesting the entirety of its assets under the Eastbay team sales business, which supplies footwear, apparel and equipment to high school and college athletes as well…
June 22, 2022 at 1:19 pm
Over the past two years, we've focused our writing on the myriad of challenges and evolving realities facing the “modern workplace” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It's clear that no one anticipated not only the duration of the pandemic, but also the effects it would have on both the physical workplace environment itself, as well…
June 20, 2022 at 5:20 pm
Employees at a Baltimore-area Apple store have voted to unionize, making it the first of Apple's 270-plus stores in the U.S. to join a union. In the election, 65 employees at Apple’s store in Towson, Md., voted in favor of being represented by the union, known as the Apple Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (CORE),…
June 16, 2022 at 9:16 pm
In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham discuss an article recently published by Total Retail titled, “How Retailers Can Stay Profitable Despite High Inflation,” authored by Hilding Anderson, head of retail strategy, North America at Publicis Sapient. The article shares five ways that retailers can leverage the headwinds caused…
June 8, 2022 at 10:35 am
With an inflation rate that’s higher than we’ve seen in years, retailers are grappling with increased costs, reduced pricing power, and decreased consumer spending — a perfect formula for declining profitability. How a retailer responds in these challenging financial times can set the course for its success or permanent decline, so the stakes are high. Digital…
