by Mike Duff | Nov 10, 2021 | Retail Articles
Walmart announced plans to build two new high-tech facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to support its growing supply chain network. A 1.5 million square-foot automated fulfillment center is set to open in 2023, and a 730,000 square-foot automated grocery...
by Mike Duff | Oct 19, 2021 | Retail Articles
Even after bringing in tens of thousands of full-time workers, Amazon announced that it is hiring 150,000 seasonal workers for the holidays. To sweeten the deal, Amazon is offering average starting pay of $18 per hour, sign-on bonuses up to $3,000 and an additional $3...
by Mike Duff | Oct 15, 2021 | Retail Articles
Amazon just keeps expanding its distribution system as the holidays loom, adding a new air gateway at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, WA as well as facilities in Nevada and other states. The Spokane hub is the second in the Seattle-based company’s Washington...
by Mike Duff | Oct 12, 2021 | Retail Articles
Walmart is preparing for the holidays in a myriad of ways, and in doing so, it has introduced a new deal with Netflix that will result in it incorporating a Netflix Hub with products tied to popular shows on the network including Stranger Things, and it detailed some...
by Mike Duff | Sep 27, 2021 | Retail Articles
The annual parade it sponsors may be the best known of its holiday endeavors, but Macy’s has multiple operational initiatives on tap for the year-end celebratory season including plans to hire 76,000 full- and part-time colleagues at its Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and...