Lowe’s/OSH is testing out a robot to replace clerks and provide customer service to their customers. Scary stuff! The future is here and it looks a lot like Wall-E. What do you think? What could possibly go wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp9176vm7Co The whole scary story is here.
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Soylent Green for real?
It’s hard to believe that a company would actually use Soylent as the name of their product, but perhaps they didn’t see the movie. Soylent aims to make its nutritious sludge much cheaper than $3 a meal. And in case you weren’t around in 1973…
Retail Earthquake!
It seems like it happens every year but this year is bigger than in the past. Macy’s is closing 14 of its 790 stores across the country. JCPenney is closing 39 of its stores and laying off 2,250 workers. Sears has been around for 122 years, but it, too, is closing 235 under-performing stores. Wet Read More…
The Worst Retail Companies to Work For
The Worst Retail Companies to Work For. #19, #27 and #42 all have something in common.
20 great workplaces in retail
20 great workplaces in retail. I don’t see any drug store chains listed here. 🙂
The 30 Worst Things About Working in Retail
The 30 Worst Things About Working in Retail. This is the best list ever. If you don’t identify with at least 20 of these, you never worked in retail.