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Amazon Seeks 100K Workers For Operations Roles

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As it plans to bring 100 new operations facilities online in September, Amazon announced on Monday (Sept. The positions offer a beginning hourly wage of at least $15 per hour, and the eCommerce retailer is providing sign-on bonuses of as much as $1,000 to new hires in some cities, according to the announcement.

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Virtual Reality Gains Traction In Retail

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Virtual reality could have more retailers reach more consumers in the coming few years — in large part by upping the consumer experience. Location-based virtual reality (VR) startup The Void is partnering with mall operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) to open 25 new entertainment outposts in the U.S. and Europe by 2022.

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Petco’s $864 Million IPO Beats Forecasts 

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The San Diego-based pet care chain is pricing its 48 million shares of Class A common stock at $18 each, beating forecasts. They bought the company from TPG and Leonard Green, who took the then-public pet retailer private 15 years ago. . 14), Bloomberg reported. . Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Barclays are the underwriters.

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PriceSmart Net Merchandise Sales Rise 7.7 Pct

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Warehouse club retailer PriceSmart, Inc. reported as part of its Q1 fiscal 2021 operating results that net merchandise sales climbed 7.7 The firm said comparable net merchandise sales for the 43 warehouse clubs that have been in operation for more than 13.5 million of operating income in the prior year timeframe.

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Amazon Opening Second Physical Bookstore

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To say the least, the retail world was caught off guard when Amazon announced last year that it would open a brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle. Whatever the rest of the industry thinks, Amazon is going forward with plans to open a new bookstore in an upscale San Diego mall, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

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Uber Eats Teams With Costcutter In The UK

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With the newly launched partnership, retailers in the symbol group will have the ability to sign up for the delivery platform via the Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) after a pilot in stores throughout London and “the south east,” The Grocer reported. The function was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Dallas.

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Retail Pulse: Shopify, Warby Parker Open The Doors On Digital-First

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Online brands continue their march into the offline world as Shopify and Warby Parker announce plans to open brick-and-mortar locations in the coming months. For Shopify, a Canadian eCommerce platform that helps artisans and other small merchants do business online, this will mark its first foray from the virtual world into the real one.

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