Monthly Archives: October 2013

A new study by economist Robert Shapiro shows retailers have passed along the majority of the savings -- billions of dollars -- from debit card swipe fee reform to their customers, resulting in increased consumer spending and job creation. But…

Not all industries can claim consistent job growth, but retail is one of them. Between January 2009 and January 2012, the retail sector added nearly 300,000 new jobs. But there's a misguided perception that retail jobs aren't good jobs, and…

Walmart will make 35,000 temporary workers' positions permanent part-time jobs and promote another 35,000 part-timers to full-time posts that come with benefits, the company said Monday. The retailer, which employs about 1.3 million full- and part-time employees in the U.S.,…

CVS Caremark is commemorating American Pharmacists Month by highlighting retail, mail-order and specialty services provided by its 26,000 pharmacists. Such services reduce health care costs for customers, President and CEO Larry Merlo says. Read more >>

Home Depot's online gift card program was deemed the best among 99 retailers and restaurant chains, according to a report from Retail Systems Research released at Shop.org's Annual Summit. The report evaluated the programs on 21 criteria including how easy…

Large retailers have been in the news recently: Companies such as Macy's, Target, Wal-Mart and Kohl's are hiring tens of thousands of employees for the holidays. But that's only part of the story. Employees already in temporary or part-time retail…

The 50-employee cap that divides companies that will be required to provide health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and those that won't is more complex than the simple number might indicate, writes Lori Basilico, a partner at the law…