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Hiring Managers Reserved Despite Economic Optimism

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What are hiring managers doing, and how is it reflective of the broader economy? Retailers, health care and technology consultants enjoyed the largest employment gains, said analysts, while manufacturers saw a 4,000 cut in jobs last month. The strongest region in the U.S.? presidential election. 59% of U.S. 2015, reports said.

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Walmart Teams With Ford, Postmates For Delivery Program

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According to the blog post, the retailer currently has grocery delivery available in almost 100 metro regions and β€œis continuing to innovate to find new ways to serve customers – better, faster and easier.”. households. Walmart U.S. So, we are on a mission to do more than keep a little extra money in their pockets.

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American Apparel And Postmates Pair Up

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While the eCommerce giant has managed to narrow this window to one or two days, an unlikely brand is saying that it should take no longer than an hour. ” While Luedorf and American Apparel might be hitting the express delivery point hard, it only applies to a subset of 50 products the retailer is dubbing as “basics.”

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Are Online Merchants The Mall’s Unlikely Salvation?

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But perhaps that is the old conventional wisdom β€” the emerging idea is that online retailers are giving back some of what they’ve taken away these days. β€œWe The firm takes in-person returns from participating online retailers at six malls in California, Chicago and Virginia. Lebovitz said, the number will grow.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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The players are many β€” but in the last year and a half, Walmart, Amazon and Kroger have managed to pull ahead in the earliest rounds of the race in terms of the breadth and depth of their enhanced offerings for consumers. has an updated look and a new focus: the shopping needs of major metro consumers, particularly around grocery.

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Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Blows Against The Amazon Empire

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In two massive hiring tranches, the headcount has almost quadrupled, making Instacart an even more desirable destination for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers looking to grow their customer bases on the back of digital.”. Pre-COVID-19, that figure was at around 200,000.

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Uber Freight Rolls Out Platform For Shippers To Access Its Network

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21) that it is rolling out a platform to enable shippers to tap into the company’s network and manage shipments from a personal computer. Uber Freight is expanding its services, announcing in a blog post on Tuesday (Aug.