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Retail Furloughs Now Well Over 1M Amid Coronavirus

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Following the suspension of store staffers by one of the largest textile merchants, worker furloughs in the retail sector are now well past 1 million. staffers at distribution centers and retail locations, Bloomberg reported. Many of the biggest retail employers in the United States, with the inclusion of Kohl’s Corp.

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Report: Layoffs Coming To Mall Owner Brookfield Properties

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Brookfield Properties Retail Group CEO Jared Chupaila delivered bad news to his employees this week. The Chicago-based real estate company with among the nation’s largest portfolios of retail is laying off 20 percent of its workforce. In addition, upper management salaries are being slashed by as much as 30 percent.

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Simon Property Group Looks To Raise $300 Million For Shell Company

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The move comes as the retail industry is reeling from a double blow: fallout from the pandemic and the great shift of consumer buying to online sales. Indianapolis-based Simon said the IPO will offer 30 million “units” at $10. Simon owns such properties as the upscale Copley Place in Boston.

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Mall Vacancies At Highest Level In Eight Years

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Some geographies are coping with the upheaval in retail better than others, as vacancies in U.S. Reis data indicates that the proportion of units sitting empty in some cities – with the inclusion of Birmingham, Alabama and Indianapolis, Indiana – is roughly four times higher than San Francisco, the Financial Times reported.

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Coronavirus Triggers Furloughs For Over 1K Workers At Simon-Owned Malls

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The furloughs affect employees at Simon’s Indianapolis headquarters as well as at its malls and outlets nationwide, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC. In addition, upper management salaries are being slashed by up to 30 percent. The retail industry has been hit especially hard by the pandemic. billion in debt.

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Uber Eats Sees 59 Pct Spike In European Grocery Delivery

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“Everything that we are doing on grocery and convenience is driven by the fact that we are seeing strong consumer appetites from new consumption trends, people who are confined and cannot go out,” European General Manager Stephane Ficaja told Reuters in a Thursday (April 16) report.

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Why Sam’s Club Expanded Its Instacart Footprint

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This is the latest example of how the digital and physical are merging in retail — and also shows just how far consumer convenience has developed over the last few decades. Those were among the messages from a new PYMNTS discussion between Karen Webster and Sachin Padwal, VP of product management at Walmart -owned Sam’s Club.