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What a Chapter 11 retail bankruptcy looks like on the ground

by Marielle Segarra
Mar 23, 2018
Multibillion-dollar retailers are enormous machines, with a complex network of suppliers and tens of thousands of workers around the country. Chapter 11 puts them in limbo.
Toys R Us filed for liquidation in a U.S. Bankruptcy court and plans to close 735 stores, leaving 33,000 workers out of jobs. Above, a Toys R Us store in Emeryville, California.
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All the stores you shopped at as a teen are going bankrupt

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 20, 2018
Kids these days. They don't shop at the stores like you used to.
Aeropostale is one company that has plans to move away from "on-call" scheduling.
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Walmart steps up its online grocery delivery service

by Reema Khrais
Mar 15, 2018
The discount retailer has plans to move into 100 cities by the end of the year
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Toys R Us and why the retail downturn is all about debt

by Marielle Segarra
Mar 14, 2018
Store closings and bankruptcies are usually blamed on online competition. But that's only part of the story.
Toys R Us is closing about a fifth of its stores.
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For online retailers, packaging is all about economics

by Kristin Schwab
Mar 6, 2018
Online retailers are trying to cut down on package waste. But designing a new box for everything a company ships takes a lot of time.
Anton Cotaj at ANAMA Package and Container Testing tests boxes on a machine that simulates road conditions.
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Online stores get physical

by Reema Khrais
Feb 16, 2018
Warby Parker plans to have nearly 100 brick-and-mortar stores by the end of the year.
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Does data mean retailers are pulling back?

by Tracey Samuelson
Feb 14, 2018
We got some number today hot off the keyboards of the folks at the Commerce Department. They show that retail spending in January was lower than December by 0.3 percent. That dip was notable because the consensus was actually that it would be slighter higher. A drop when you’re expecting an increase, that turned some […]
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Were retail jobs always low wage, with few benefits?

by Marielle Segarra
Feb 9, 2018
A brief history of retail work in America.
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The financial reality facing America's 16 million retail workers

by Marielle Segarra
Jan 29, 2018
A lot of retail workers have to use credit cards and borrow money from family members to meet basic expenses.
A female Wal-Mart employee walks through a parking lot as she returns to work at a Wal-Mart store June 23, 2004 in St. Charles, Illinois.
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The convenience store of the future is always watching

by Stephanie Hughes and Molly Wood
Jan 24, 2018
Sure, no lines sounds great, but is being constantly monitored worth the trade-off?
Shoppers scan the Amazon Go app on their mobile devices as the enter the store Monday in Seattle. Amazon opened the cashier-less store to the public after more than a year in beta.
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