Amazon, Target and other retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday shopping season
Retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season, but fewer seasonal employees are expected to be taken on this...
Retail and wholesale
Takeaways from AP’s report on how shrimp farmers are exploited as supermarkets push for low prices
BANGKOK -- A new investigation focused on three of the world’s largest producers of shrimp released on Monday claims that...
Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to...
Kmart’s blue light fades to black with the shuttering of its last full-scale US store
NEW YORK -- Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! The erstwhile retail giant renowned for its Blue Light Specials...
California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout...
California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout...
A state’s experience with grocery chain mergers spurs a fight to stop Albertsons’ deal with Kroger
Lawyers for Washington state will have past grocery chain mergers – and their negative consequences – in mind when they...
China’s economy softens in August as Beijing continues to grapple with lagging demand
BEIJING -- China’s economy softened in August, extending a slowdown in industrial activity and real estate prices as Beijing faces...
Starbucks turns to a celebrity CEO as it struggles to define itself for an era of mobile orders
To Howard Schultz, the chaos he observed at a Starbucks in Chicago one recent morning summed up the troubles of...
Chinese migrants flock to Mexico in search of jobs, a future and, for some, a taste of freedom
MEXICO CITY -- Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn’t hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a...
