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Planning to Prevent Workplace Violence in Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Despite these statistics, many retailers still don’t have functional workplace violence plans. If they do have a plan, it’s likely that it hasn’t been recently updated, and many employees may not know it exists. My role at Acuity is to help retailers with these types of undertakings. Additionally, the U.S.

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Coles has plan to enhance customer experience through AI

Inside Retail

In addition, the initiative provides intelligence for planning and rostering. “The whole intention behind the operations team’s digital insights journey is to be able to give store teams the right information at the right time to make their jobs easier,” said Coles GM of finance, operations, and sustainability Rich Walker.

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Miniso Continues U.S. Expansion with Plans for 12 New Stores

Retail TouchPoints

with plans for stores in a dozen new markets through a partnership with mall operator CBL Properties. The first wave of store openings started in November 2023 at malls in Roanoke, Va. Throughout the rest of 2024, stores will open at malls in Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn.; expansion plans. and Winston-Salem, N.C.,

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Not Just Black Friday: Let’s Talk Effective Cloud Planning for Ecommerce Year-Round

Retail TouchPoints

That’s why retailers must find ways to optimize their cloud resource planning strategies ahead of a time of demand. Here are three key components of a well-managed ecommerce cloud strategy. Scalability Is Key One key aspect of effective cloud resource planning is being able to dynamically scale infrastructure.

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Composable Commerce Is Playing a Key Role in SiteOne’s Digital Transformation

Future-proofing your tech stack is a crucial part of long-term strategic planning. But how do you future-proof if your plans involve acquisition, and a tech stack you don’t have control over? This recording is provided by Connected Consumer Series.

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A Guide to Managing Young Employees

Retail TouchPoints

In fact, data from Legion Technologies finds that 37% of managers say they’re hiring more minors due to the shortage. Automating compliance management across the organization also fortifies security, makes compliance processes more efficient and even helps companies optimize labor costs by eliminating redundancies.

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Walmart Raises Store Managers’ Pay, Ups Stock Grants to a Maximum of $20,000

Retail TouchPoints

store managers’ base pay from an average of $117,000 per year to $128,000 and has redesigned its bonus program to include a store’s profits, not just its sales. Bonuses could now amount to 200% of a manager’s base salary. A strong labor market has many retailers raising wages and improving benefits for workers at multiple levels.

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Building Supply Chain Resilience in the Real World

Speaker: Kelly Barner - Co-Founder & Managing Director of Buyers Meeting Point, LLC

Global inflation is at record highs and the Great Resignation has given way to the Great Reshuffling, leading to uncertainty in talent markets. If those disruptive forces weren’t enough to make our jobs harder, the economy has faced headwinds as well. What will 2023 bring?