Big retailers will remain shut for Thanksgiving, but thousands of retail staff are still working
Retail workers: As more retailers decide to remain shut for Thanksgiving, more retail store workers will get to spend the holiday at home. But several warehouse workers and service center employees will work on the holiday. ...
Retailers struggle to find workers for the holiday season
Retailers expecting the holiday shopping season after being upended by the coronavirus are now scrambling to find enough workers to staff their stores and distribution centers amidst the labor shortage. Macy's is offering $500 referral bonuses to each friend or family member that employees recruit ...
Macy's plans to raise minimum wage and to offer tuition assistance
Macy's said on Monday that it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by May and will start offering education benefits to its employees by February. A company statement said that this rise in pay would lift Macy's average base pay above $17 an hour. Macy's did not confirm its current minimum w ...
Fewer workers apply for warehouse jobs
As Amazon, Walmart, Target and many other companies opened hundreds of positions for warehouse jobs with competitive wages, benefits and perks, these jobs were meant to be the future of the retail industry. However, the industry is now facing another problem. Fewer people have been applying to thes ...
Retail sales rose in August, showing inconsistent consumer spending
The Commerce Department reported on Tuesday that retail sales in the month of August saw a surge highlighting an uneven recovery for the economy as consumer spending habits keep swinging every month. The retail sales saw a 1.8% decline in July and then a climb of 0.7% in August. Economists say that ...
Walmart plans to offer delivery services for local businesses
Walmart plans to commercialize its delivery services by contractual workers, vehicles and even drones to deliver products by other retailers directly to customers' homes. The company aims to offer these services to businesses in local communities and rural areas that struggle to operate their own d ...
Report shows retail sales fell in July, but hiring hit a record high
The US Commerce Department's report shows that retail sales in July, before the surge of the Delta variant fell by 1.1%. This was a greater drop in sales than the 0.3% drop Wall Street experts had predicted. This data is the first look into whether the rise in covid 19 cases has stopped people from ...
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