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Beauty brands have to walk a fine line. They need consumers to be worried enough about their looks that they …
A Single Stop for Beauty and Joy: Ulta’s The Joy Project
02 Thursday Nov 2023
Category Archives: Chapter 16: Human Resources and Managing the Store
Does a Minimum Wage Matter Anymore?
31 Tuesday Oct 2023
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For nearly 20 years, the federal minimum wage has remained the same in the United States: $7.25 per hour. As …
Theater or Factory? Finding the Right Balance at Starbucks
05 Wednesday Jul 2023
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A long-standing recommendation from trade books and popular press articles, as well as reality television, is that top management of …
Finding the Next Generation of Great Retail CEOs: Is It You?
27 Thursday Apr 2023
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What qualifications does the chief executive officer (CEO) of a retail firm need? Well to start, they have to be …
For Better or For Worse, Robots Are Taking Over
27 Monday Feb 2023
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Are robots everywhere? At times, it certainly seems so, and the contemporary marketing environment is no exception. From the front …
Dollar General Employee Goes Viral on TikTok, Gets Fired, Starts a Movement
01 Friday Jul 2022
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Mary Gundel was a celebrated Dollar General manager, at a store near Tampa. She’d received a letter from headquarters telling …
In a Time of Historically Low Union Membership, Workers at Amazon, Starbucks, and Apple Are Organizing
07 Tuesday Jun 2022
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Forty years ago, about one in five employed Americans belonged to a union. That number declined by about half—to 10.3 …
What Does a Remote Workforce Really Mean for Workers and the Companies that Employ Them?
04 Monday Oct 2021
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A work-from-home economy has cascading effects, some of which are only now being revealed, after more than a year of …
Is the Time Ripe for a New Wave of Unionizing by Retail Workers?
16 Thursday Sep 2021
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In the early decades of the twentieth century, the union movement largely defined the work lives of American employees. The …
The Range of Factors Driving Retail Worker Shortages
25 Wednesday Aug 2021
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The challenges associated with working retail are well known: long and sometimes inconsistent hours, having to deal with rude or …
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