Ralph Lauren provides consumer-type experience for golf wholesalersWholesale partners of Ralph Lauren’s golf business can now go shopping. Walmart sparks interest in training with gamified appWalmart is making the serious business of employee training fun. Walmart ups truck drivers pay, hiring efforts amid industry-wide shortage Walmart is hiring “hundreds” of truck drivers — and paying them well — as the chain seeks to get out in front of the national shortage. Update on new shipping and mailing rates Recent increases by FedEx and UPS and the pending Jan. 27 rate increase for the U.S. Postal Service will bring challenges and opportunities for business in 2019. Fred’s streamlines labor management Discount value retailer Fred’s Inc. is supporting growth by getting a better view of when and where store associates are needed. Furniture startup builds in-house delivery service Digitally native furniture and home décor retailer Article is following the adage, “if you want something done right, do it yourself.” Sam’s Club extends Synchrony partnership across channels Sam’s Club, the wholesale club store division of Walmart, will keep offering omnichannel payment options through Synchrony. Walmart takes hard look at online soft declines Walmart is piloting a means of automatically retrying online payments that are rejected due to issuer error. Starbucks rolls out delivery service in six major cities Starbucks Coffee Company is expanding its delivery pilot with Uber Eats in a big way. The top emerging risk facing companies is… Companies are increasingly at risk due to escalating staff shortages. First Previous 632 633 634 635 636 Next Last