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‘Organized Retail Crime’ Is Growing (And Not Just Because Of The Pandemic)

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Organized crime rings are taking advantage of the pandemic, looser police enforcement and a softening in anti-shoplifting laws to swipe tons of merchandise from retail stores and warehouses across the United States. KPIX-TV reported that the shop proudly advertised on Facebook Marketplace that customers “never pay retail.”.

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Today In Data: Unattended Retail, Cross-Border Exposure And Russian Indictments

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13 | Number of Russian nationals exposed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s unsealed indictments related to possible interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and eInvoicing’s perks are becoming more widely known. presidential election, according to Friday (Feb. 16) news.

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Macy’s Is Hiring 80,000 Employees For The Holidays

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The retailer said that around 23,500 of the seasonal positions will be based in facilities that support online sales, an increase of 5,500 positions compared to 2017. The company also announced its national hiring event for the year, which will take place on Oct.

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AmazonFresh Continues To Expand

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26) that its grocery delivery platform, AmazonFresh, is continuing its march toward national domination with the addition of two new cities : Chicago and Dallas. Amazon announced yesterday (Oct.

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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Once the 24 competitors (tributes) get to the games, they then battle to the death for a national audience that is required by law to watch the games. online grocery sales since 2017, the largest share of any single retailer and double its closest competitor. According to the Harris Poll, Amazon is the most trusted U.S.

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