Management
September 6, 2021 at 7:12 pm
Walmart is raising hourly wages for more than 565,000 workers in the latest example of a large employer trying to attract and retain employees in a challenging labor environment. In a memo to employees obtained by CNN Business, Walmart President and CEO John Furner said that starting Sept. 25, associates working in the retailer's front…
September 2, 2021 at 5:36 pm
In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Kristina Stidham and Marie Albiges discuss an article recently published by Total Retail titled, “Pay Isn’t the Only Reason Employees Quit. Start Offering Them What They Really Value,” authored by Sanish Mondkar, CEO of Legion. This article digs into the opportunities retailers have to drive employee…
August 31, 2021 at 9:28 pm
Sequential Brands Group, Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reports Footwear News. The company, which owns Jessica Simpson, Joe’s Jeans, And1, Avia, and more brands, said in a press release that “significant debt on its corporate balance sheet” made it no longer able to operate its portfolio. Sequential is looking to sell all or…
August 17, 2021 at 8:52 pm
Amazon.com. Walmart. Over the past decade, digital giants and mainstay stores alike turned to digitally powered solutions. From online ordering to in-app coupons, the grocery store experience has shifted from strictly out-of-home to sometimes on-the-couch. For many, it’s a welcome addition; but it doesn’t come without its caveats. The vast majority of grocery transactions still…
August 9, 2021 at 6:53 pm
Walmart is offering special bonuses to many warehouse employees to work every hour they're scheduled and, in some cases giving temporary pay raises, as the country’s biggest retailer ramps up for the holiday shopping season with a tight labor market and stretched supply chains. According to The Wall Street Journal, the majority of Walmart’s 190 U.S. warehouses are offering…
August 3, 2021 at 10:04 pm
Amazon.com workers in Alabama may get a second chance to vote on whether to form the company's first unionized warehouse in the United States. A hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined Monday that Amazon violated federal labor laws by encouraging employees to vote against unionizing at its Bessemer, Alabama warehouse facility…
July 5, 2021 at 7:32 pm
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos on Monday handed over his CEO title to Andy Jassy, ending a more than two-decade run leading the company through its evolution from online bookseller to $1.75 trillion global retail, logistics and internet behemoth. Bezos has served as the CEO of Amazon since founding the company exactly 27 years ago on July 5, 1994 .…
June 23, 2021 at 11:42 am
As state and federal governments lift mandatory safety measures following CDC guidance, businesses have begun cautiously reducing their protocols for the first time for both their employees and customers. National retailers like Trader Joe’s, Costco, Walmart, Target, and Starbucks have announced that vaccinated customers do not have to wear masks, and many have dropped the…
June 14, 2021 at 6:40 pm
E-commerce grocery shopping platform Boxed and Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, announced they would go public in a deal that would value the combined company at $900 million. Boxed would use the money to serve more households and businesses that started ordering groceries online during the pandemic. The combined company will be called…
May 28, 2021 at 8:49 am
In this interactive webinar, our speakers will be addressing how retailers can prepare their stores for the forecasted surge in demand.
