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  • Regulatory Wrap-Up: Updates on wage increases, NAFTA and transportation

    Wages

    Arizona: The state supreme court rejected an attempt to nullify a voter-approved statewide wage law that went into effect Jan. 2017. The mandate requires employers to provide three days of paid leave and increases the minimum wage to $12/hr. by 2020. The current statewide wage is $10/hr.   

  • New Oregon law impacts employee scheduling in stores

    Oregon has become the first state in the nation to pass legislation that puts an end to on-call scheduling by guaranteeing hourly employees advance notice of their work schedules.  

  • Leasing opens at One Hudson Yards

    New York City’s transformation of an old warehouse district into a Jetson-esque neighborhood of the future begins in earnest this week with leasing beginning at the 33-story One Hudson Yards residential tower.   “One Hudson Yards was curated for those who seek an elevated sense of living,” said Benjamin Joseph, Executive VP of Related Companies, developer and leasing agent for the massive project.   

  • Chain Store Age names newest members to SPECS ‘Ambassadors Club’

    In 2016, Chain Store Age unveiled its first-ever SPECS Ambassadors Club, created to recognize selected retail executives who have made significant contributions to the industry and to SPECS. Produced by CSA, SPECS is attended by retail and food-service executives who plan, design, build, and maintain stores and restaurants nationwide.  

  • Regulatory Wrap-Up: Minimum wage and paid-leave ballot initiatives popping up

    Wages

  • Anthroplogie & Co., Westport, Connecticut

    Anthropologie has brought its large format retail concept, Anthropologie & Co., to the new Bedford Square development in downtown Westport, Connecticut.    The 35,000-sq.-ft. store boasts dedicated spaces for clothing, footwear, furniture, jewelry, home decor, and more — accented with one-of-a-kind decor from the retailer's talented visual team. It also features a beauty boutique and wedding gown department.  

  • Target retail tech accelerator alum makes good

    One of the retail tech start-ups from the inaugural class of the Target + Techstars retail accelerator program is expanding.  

  • Saks to honor 80-year-old film icon (and her seven pals) for the holidays

    Saks Fifth Avenue is partnering with Disney to celebrate the holidays.   Saks' annual holiday window display at its New York City flagship on Fifth Avenue will be devoted to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The collaboration with Disney also includes special Disney-inspired fashion, accessories and giftable items created by premier designers and available across Saks' 41 stores in the U.S. and Canada, and Saks.com.   
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