Personnel
The retail industry has faced numerous challenges during the pandemic. As a result, Glassdoor has seen a nearly 25 percent decrease in listings in retail industry jobs as of June 2020. While retailers like Walmart have actually hired more temporary workers, J.C. Penney and Macyโs have resorted to letting go of staff in order toโฆ
Holiday shopping in the COVID era will be unlike anything modern retailers and consumers have experienced. With deals beginning in October and extending through December, U.S. retailers are downplaying the importance of Black Friday. Instead, they're focusing on making every day of the 2020 holiday season count. When it comes to the impact of COVID-19,โฆ
The retail industry is always evolving, and these days, change is coming at a faster pace than ever before. Over the past 10 years, spending patterns and customer expectations were shifting quickly, and this was before COVID-19 changed the game forever. As the sector continues to adapt its business model in real time, retailers willโฆ
Target said earlier this week that it will spend more than $70 million on another round of employee bonuses during the coronavirus pandemic, as the holiday shopping season picks up. The retailer will pay $200 to its more than 350,000 employees who work at stores, distribution centers and contact centers. It will pay the bonuses by earlyโฆ
Amazon.com workers are signing an internal petition asking the company to give them paid time off to vote in the United States election, CNBC reported. The petition requests Amazon provide its entire U.S. workforce with paid time off to vote on or before election day. According to CNBC, more than 4,000 Amazon employees have signedโฆ
Many retail categories saw an uptick in online sales over the past couple of months. By mid-April, U.S. retailersโ year-over-year revenue growth was at 68 percent. Buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) orders also experienced quite the surge. In fact, Walmart Grocery quickly became the No. 1 most downloaded shopping app in early April. However,โฆ
After six months of slumped sales because of the coronavirus pandemic, Kohl's announced this week that it was reducing its corporate workforce by around 15 percent. The department store chain has taken a hit during the pandemic that closed all of its more than 1,100 stores this spring. Net sales were down 32.8 percent in the sixโฆ
Weโll address how, through proper communication and training, Sephora was able to set its employees up for success while reopening.
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Amazon.com plans to offer permanent jobs to about 70 percent of the U.S. workforce it has hired temporarily to meet consumer demand during the coronavirus pandemic, the company told Reuters on Thursday. The worldโs largest online retailer will begin telling 125,000 warehouse employees that they can keep their roles longer term. The remaining 50,000 workersโฆ