Tag: Retail and wholesale
Amazon, Target and other retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday shopping season
Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season, but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this year to help...
Walmart employees to get expanded cancer treatment options with the Mayo Clinic
NEW YORK -- Walmart's employees and their dependents are being offered expanded cancer treatment with doctors at the Mayo Clinic through the retailer's...
Marketing plans are key for small businesses ahead of a tough holiday shopping season
NEW YORK -- The holidays are the busiest time of year for many small retailers and other businesses.But the holidays this year could...
A dockworkers strike could shut down East and Gulf ports. Will it affect holiday shopping?
NEW YORK -- U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with...
Takeaways from AP's report on how shrimp farmers are exploited as supermarkets push for low prices
BANGKOK -- BANGKOK (AP) — A new investigation focused on three of the world’s largest producers of shrimp released Monday claims that as...
Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly...