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JC Penney’s holiday plans include extra-early opening hours and a prize sweepstakes.

Starbucks is raising pay for U.S. employees as the company deals with a labor shortage and a union challenge.

It’s not just about the pay.

Walmart is bringing its corporate staff back to campus.

New survey results released exclusively to Chain Store Age indicate fewer than half of retailers feel confident in their ability to respond to cyberthreats.

Restaurants are testing robotic solutions to help staff kitchens as one way of dealing with the labor shortage.

Walgreens is expanding mental health first aid training for pharmacists, while its U.K.-based Boots division is launching omnichannel mental health tools.

Amazon will open a new, first-of-its-kind robotics manufacturing facility in Westborough, Mass.