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Walmart Moves to Make Hourly Employees Full Time

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After the transition, the mass merchant will have roughly 100,000 more employees working full-time than it did five years ago, Reuters reports. The post Walmart Moves to Make Hourly Employees Full Time appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. In an attempt to retain retail workers, Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.)

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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For example, they need to support omnichannel services like BOPIS, ship-from-store and seamless returns. Although the creative aspect is especially important, designers and visual merchandising teams need to work closely with their colleagues in marketing, IT and business strategy to ensure all decisions align with the bigger picture.

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These Were the Top 10 Retail Stories of 2021

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Effective in the third quarter, Andy Jassy, formerly CEO of Amazon Web Services, stepped up to replace Bezos. Of course, automated distribution and extended delivery services are fine, but what’s actually getting delivered? It even invested in DroneUp, a drone services and data collection service. The Chain Is Breaking.