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Customer-facing | Target prioritizes in-store staff over automation push
Target is increasing in-store staffing while cutting supply chain and regional office...
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'Increase connection' | Target tells in-store workers to smile more
Target has introduced new in-store employee rules as it works to improve customer...
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'Overlapping work' | Target cuts 1,800 head office jobs to remove organizational 'complexity'
Target will eliminate 1,800 corporate roles as part of a restructuring plan led by...
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1,000 jobs | Kroger axes corporate roles in latest overhaul
Kroger is eliminating nearly 1,000 corporate positions, focusing its restructuring...
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Lack of flexibility | Target faces staff unrest over office return
Target's three-day office mandate has drawn criticism from staff citing poor communication,...
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'Footprint optimization' | Jobs under threat as Walgreens to close 1,200 stores by 2027
Walgreens will close 1,200 stores by 2027, including 500 in 2025, as it looks to...
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'Trainwreck' | Could a functioning HR department have saved American Apparel?
A new Netflix doc asks if American Apparel's chaos could've been prevented with...
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DEI boycotts | Target suffers sales slump after move to end diversity commitments
Target's retreat from DEI strategy linked to declining store traffic and sliding...
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'Living values' | Home Depot deletes references to DEI from website
Home Depot replaced references to DEI with broader language focused on company culture...
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'Tough few months' | Target CEO moves to reassure staff after DEI backlash
Target's CEO has broken months of silence amid controversy over DEI pullbacks and...
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Footfall down | Is Target's DEI decision starting to impact its bottom line?
Target's foot traffic has fallen for the eighth consecutive week, sparking conversation...
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'Break in trust' | Black businesses owners warn against Target boycott amid DEI fallout
Don't boycott Target, plead black entrepreneurs...
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18,000 workers | Costco set for strike over new contract demands as deadline looms
Costco workers are preparing to strike if the retailer does not agree to a new contract...
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'Code of ethics' | Costco board rejects calls to dismantle DEI initiatives
Costco is at the center of a growing backlash from MAGA supporters after the retail...
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Avatar assistants | Japanese retail giant pioneers internationally remote 'digital workers' - US stores could be next
Japanese convenience store giant Lawson has hired a worker in Sweden to operate virtual...
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Cost-saving | CVS makes 'extremely difficult' decision to cut thousands of jobs
Drug retail giant CVS Health has confirmed plans for a significant number of layoffs...
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Retail therapy | Kate Spade offers critical mental health training to front-line store employees
Kate Spade is offering a new program to support employees with mental health...
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Wellbeing disaster | Are U.S. retail workers really being denied chairs for 'productivity'?
Those of us who have worked in a retail space (currently more than 4.1 million Americans)...
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'It could limit our ability' | This Apple HR boss really doesn't want staff to unionize
An Apple HR chief is determined to stop their store workers from unionizing, a newly...
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