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Christine LaFave Grace

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Christine LaFave Grace

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Walmart to Require Vaccines for HQ Staff, Masks for Associates Per CDC Guidance

"We know vaccinations are our solution to drive change," the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer—the country's largest private employer—stated in a memo to staff.

Technology

Q&A: Dynamic Pricing in Grocery With Quicklizard CEO Pini Mandel

The co-founder and CEO of Quicklizard talks about how grocers can use price optimization to support their sustainability initiatives and the business case for automated pricing in an inflationary environment.

Retailers

Shoppers on the Go Led to Softer Sales Growth for Amazon in Q2

Cash flows declined precipitously year over year as Amazon worked to add fulfillment capacity and gain back ground on one-day delivery.

Retailers

Target to Give $200 Bonuses to Front-Line Associates

The latest round of bonus payments are part of the company's "ongoing investment in team members' health, safety, well-being and career development."

Retailers

Dollar General Debuts Hybrid DG Market + Popshelf Stores in Tennessee

Dollar General's newest concept launches as the company continues to be on a tear with new store openings.

Retailers

Schnucks Goes Fresh in Indiana

Schnucks will debut its small-format Schnucks Fresh concept in Jasper, Ind., on Aug. 18.

Retailers

Walmart to Make Its E-Commerce Tech Available to Other Retailers

Positioning itself as a friend to small business, the "Fortune 1" company says it wants to help other retailers accelerate their digital transformations.

Retailers

Where Target Saw Progress (and Didn't) in Workforce Diversity in 2020

Black/African American employees accounted for 15% of the company's nonmanager workforce, 12% of managers and 9% of officers in 2020, Target reported.

Retailers

Walmart to Cover 100% of College Tuition and Books for Associates

The retailer is removing the $1 a day fee for associates participating in its Live Better U education program, meaning that approximately 1.5 million associates will be eligible for fee-free tuition assistance.

Center Store

Grocery's Top Performers Reflect New Work-From-Home Realities

Here are the center-store products and promotions that win when consumers' afternoon pick-me-up comes from their kitchen.

Fresh Food

Waste Not: How the Pandemic Shifted Shoppers' Sustainability Priorities

Having watched their garbage pile up in a year spent eating mostly at home, consumers are more aware of and concerned about food waste and product packaging—and they're looking for the companies they buy from to be, too.

Retailers

NGA: Squeeze on Indie Grocers Hurts Communities

"Even to this day we're experiencing really low fill rates on a lot of these popular items," says Chris Jones, asserting that grocery's biggest names are unfairly using their pricing power to crowd out smaller players.

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