Retail
Heather Schlitz
More than 60% of retail executives worry that supply-chain issues will prevent holiday orders from arriving on time
Most retail executives worry that supply-chain issues will prevent holiday shopping orders from arriving on time, according to a Deloitte report.
Heather Schlitz
This could be the most expensive Black Friday yet
Don't expect to see as many deep discounts and sales this year as stores struggle to make do with less inventory.
Zahra Tayeb
Hooters waitress reveals how much she makes in tips, with one shift netting her as much as $408 on top of her $2.13 hourly wage
Kirsten Songer, who works at Hooters, used a TikTok video to discuss the tips she earns on top of her hourly wage of $2.13.
Francis Agustin
McDonald's workers are staging another one-day strike to protest the alleged sexual harassment of employees at the chain's restaurants
A fast-food workers' advocacy group is calling for McDonald's to address cases of alleged sexual harassment happening in its US stores.
Dominick Reuter
Economic aid during the pandemic got many Americans' backs off the wall for the first time in years - and they're not going back against it without a fight
Pandemic relief money offered workers who were squeezed by low wages and poor working conditions a chance to finally catch their breath.
Heather Schlitz
The 5 coolest Taco Bell locations in the world
Taco Bell's location in Pacifica, California.Taco Bell.
- Taco Bell has over 7,000 locations worldwide.
- The fast-food giant has surprisingly unique and bea
Kevin Shalvey
Ugly Christmas sweaters may be in short supply this year, as the shipping crisis has left them stuck on delayed container ships, a report says
A company importing ugly holiday sweaters to the US said several of its shipping containers were delayed in transit, The Detroit Free Press reported.
Zahra Tayeb
This ghost kitchen pioneer, which pays delivery drivers up to $88,000 a year, says a happy and well-paid workforce is the key to its success
ClusterTruck, an Indiana-based ghost kitchen, doesn't use third-party couriers and is careful to never oversaturate its driver pool.
Emily Walsh
Walmart offers employees a more 'flexible' way of working, asking them to return to the office next month
Walmart's decision comes as many companies grapple with whether to make a return to the office mandatory for employees who transitioned to remote work early in the pandemic.
Grace Dean
Understaffed restaurants are being forced to choose between closing earlier and shutting their dining rooms
Restaurants have been changing their operations because they can't find enough staff to operate as usual as labor keeps getting more expensive.
Avery Hartmans
Halloween is back: People are shelling out for candy, costumes, and decor after a quieter 2020
Halloween may have taken a bit of a hiatus last year amid pandemic lockdowns, but it's come back in full force in 2021.
Zahra Tayeb
I ate a stack of Instagram-famous pancakes at New York-style brunch joint Sunday in Brooklyn. They weren't sweet, but I still fell in love with them.
I tried the pancakes at Sunday in Brooklyn. They were luscious.Zahra Tayeb.
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Thomas Pallini
We visited the community living in the shadow of an Amazon warehouse in Mexico, and asked residents what they thought of their new neighbor
Visiting the community of Nueva Esperanza in Tijuana, Mexico next to Amazon's new fulfillment center.Thomas Pallini/Insider.
Mary Hanbury
A Dollar General store was robbed 4 times in 3 months, and critics say it shows how discount chains put their staff at risk
Dollar stores often have two workers in the store at any time, and critics say this makes them more vulnerable to crime than, for example, Walmarts.
Bethany Biron
The US is running out of cardboard and packaging materials as the supply chain crisis drags on, making it harder for retailers to ship online orders
Retailers navigating the supply chain crisis will confront another hurdle - an even shorter supply of cardboard boxes that was already growing scarce.
Mary Meisenzahl
An analyst estimates the labor shortage is keeping McDonald's sales down by 3 to 4% from where they would be if stores had enough workers
The restaurant industry is in crisis as some businesses close dining rooms without enough workers.
Mary Meisenzahl
Chipotle is switching up the model that made it famous as it embraces changing consumer habits
A focus on digital orders and drive-thrus drawn from the fast-food world is a major change from Chipotle's fast-casual origins.
Emily Walsh
The color blue is the latest victim of the supply chain crisis as paint manufacturers run out of additives
The cost of materials needed to make paint increased by over $323 million since last year, according to Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel.
Kritti Bhalla
Reliance Retail's revenue has fallen short of its own record by ₹2,000 crore
Reliance Retail has reported a revenue of ₹45,450 crore in the July to September quarter of 2021. This is still nearly ₹2,00...
Grace Dean
A whole bunch of household essentials are about to get more expensive
Makers of products such as Ben and Jerry's, Cheerios, and Pampers have all said that prices will keep increasing.
Hannah Towey
Consumers may have started the supply-chain crisis, but panicked retailers are making everything worse by over-ordering for the holidays
Stoked by fears of empty shelves during the holidays, retailers are ordering too many things too early, distorting demand throughout the supply chain.
Mary Hanbury
Crocs CEO says simplicity of company's clogs makes them largely immune to supply-chain issues and COVID-19 factory shutdowns
When Crocs' factories in Vietnam closed because of rising COVID-19 infection rates, it was able to easily move manufacturing elsewhere, its CEO said.
Grace Kay
A logistical nightmare is threatening your holiday turkeys, toys, travel plans, and more
Toys and Thanksgiving turkeys could be harder to find this holiday season.Getty.
- The supply chain has been in chaos since the p
Mary Hanbury
Biden's 24/7 port schedule is pointless when warehouses aren't open at 3 a.m. and there aren't enough truckers to collect cargo, logistics exec says
"If there are no trucks coming to pick-up or no warehouses open at 3 a.m., it's kind of a moot point," Brian Bourke of Seko Logistics told Bloomberg.
Huileng Tan
China's Lipstick King sold an astonishing $1.7 billion in goods in 12 hours - and that was just in a promotion for the country's biggest shopping day
Austin Li Jiaqi, also known as the Lipstick King, made $1.7 billion in sales during a promotion for China's Single's Day, a shopping event akin to Black Friday.
