Work Life

MAY 14, 2025

As a consumer cooperative, the outdoor retailer has also eschewed a typical corporate structure. of its retail workforce was Black, while 9.6% REI has long enjoyed a reputation as a progressive company that promises strong benefits and promotes a culture of inclusion and sustainability. In its 2023 Impact Report, the company said 3.3%

Retail

Attendance Bot

JULY 18, 2025

Limited-Use Policy Best for: Retail, hospitality, administrative support, customer-facing roles This approach allows mobile phone use during breaks or in designated non-customer areas, but restricts it during active work periods. Emergency use is allowed only with manager approval. Use Plain, Respectful Language Skip the legal jargon.

Security

McKensey

JUNE 10, 2025

Let’s say a retail merchandiser starts the process of analyzing scores of sales data and making recommendations for stock adjustments. In fact, consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) and retail companies that lead in digital and AI are already showing three times greater total shareholder returns compared with their peers in the sector.

Retail

Attendance Bot

JULY 25, 2025

Key features: Geofencing and mobile time tracking Custom overtime rules Timesheet approvals and scheduling Automatic sync with payroll for FLSA reporting Deputy Deputy is a workforce management tool popular in Australia and North America, especially in retail, hospitality, and healthcare.

Payroll

Launch Work Places

JUNE 11, 2025

Conference rooms in flexible office spaces can be used for a variety of purposes, from meetings to training sessions. Gaithersburg Located in the lively Rio Washingtonian Center, this Launch Workplaces location puts you near lakeside paths, retail shops, and over 50 restaurants. You may want to consider: The number of conference rooms.

Flexibility

Workplace Insight

AUGUST 4, 2025

Around one third of employers in retail, hospitality and leisure, and more than a quarter in engineering, manufacturing, and logistics, anticipate challenges in accommodating the changes. She advised employers to begin preparing now by reviewing policies, training line managers, and investing in integrated systems to support compliance.

Flexibility

Attendance Bot

JUNE 13, 2025

In industries like retail, support, healthcare, and field services, smart rosters are not optional. Increased Turnover Burnout from inconsistent shifts and perceived unfairness leads to higher attrition, which comes with recruiting, onboarding, and training costs. They are essential.

Flexibility

Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Widely used in appointment-driven industries like healthcare, retail, hospitality, fitness, and home services (e.g., Consider User Support and Training: Look for software with robust customer support, onboarding assistance, and training resources. A feature as vast could be overwhelming and require training for new users.

Software

Great Place to Work

JUNE 25, 2025

Understanding business agility Business agility is the ability for an organization to adapt and evolve in uncertain or changing environments to remain competitive and achieve its business goals. ​​ Agility isn’t specific to the tech industry, it’s ​just as ​vital to​ industries like retail and hospitality.

Problem-Solving

Attendance Bot

JUNE 18, 2025

Managing schedules across multiple retail locations isn’t just about filling shifts—it’s about finding the sweet spot between what employees want and what the business needs. On the other hand, your retail locations need predictable, consistent coverage to serve customers and hit revenue targets.

Retail

Great Place to Work

JUNE 23, 2025

Perhaps AI training and tools are at the top of your list. What can be learned from the Fortune 100 Best Companies The Fortune 100 Best is a remarkable list — representing a range of industries from tech and finance to retail and hospitality — and their example offers important lessons for leaders of any company.

Flexibility

Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 29, 2024

SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) estimates replacement costs at 6-9 months of an employee's salary For a $60,000 annual salary, replacement costs could range from $30,000 to $45,000 The Hidden Costs of Lost Productivity, Training, and Onboarding The costs of employee disengagement are much higher than we often realize.

Salary

Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Barriers to Employee Engagement in the Retail Sector Equally, on the flip side, retail employees too struggle with enthusiasm and engagement. A survey asking 1,000 retail workers revealed that: 34% of them feel disconnected from the company. And alarmingly, 41% of retail employees look disinterested upon going to work.

Retail

BMT Office Administration

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Retail, education, government, automotive, energy, and utilities are among the users. Likewise, training and support should be provided on using the technology. The complexity of contracts in these industries and stringent regulatory requirements make CLM worthwhile for streamlining operations and mitigating risks.

Software

McKensey

JULY 28, 2025

Over the past five decades, robots have transformed sectors ranging from automotive, where they are used in press, body weld, and paint shops, to retail, where they can roll through store aisles to monitor stock levels. After being trained on vast amounts of data, these models can identify patterns that allow them to perform multiple tasks.

Technology

Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Solution: Creating development plans for employees that outline clear pathways for career advancement, including mentoring and training opportunities, can help them enhance their skills. HR Perspective Challenge 1: Ineffective Onboarding and Training The first few months of an employee's journey with an organization are crucial.

Retail

Success

AUGUST 9, 2025

Because it’s trained on vast amounts of data, not real understanding, it can only offer what it “knows.” Retail brands can create immersive, gamified shopping experiences in weeks rather than months. OpenAI’s new model promises a breakthrough in error reduction The biggest challenge with chatbots has always been reliability.

Problem-Solving

Great Place to Work

MARCH 7, 2025

Providing opportunities for training, mentorship, and career advancement tells your employees that you want to see them succeed. For example, tax services provider Ryan LLC runs training sessions on well-being, psychological safety , and honoring failure complete with leaders sharing their own stories of failure.

Flexibility

Success

JUNE 30, 2025

In the week following its viral breakthrough, sales of Little Moons at British retail giant Tesco surged by 700%. There’s no need to follow a rigid training path either; you can pick and choose the topics that suit your goals.

Sales

All Work

JUNE 26, 2023

The lines between retail, hospitality, residential and workplace are blurring. The Retail Model at Work Whether it’s a customer or an employee, retail stores and the workplace are becoming singularly focused on the user, their experience and their journey through the space.

Retail

Insperity

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

For example, a retailer might reskill its in-store salespeople to work as remote customer service agents to support a change in focus from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce sales. What’s more, employees who experience the benefits of ongoing training and development are usually enthusiastic about sharing their experience with others.

Payroll

Ask a Manager

JUNE 21, 2025

I need help with an issue at work I work for a major grocery retailer at one of their fuel centers The fuel center I work at is attached to one of their grocery stores There are only 3 employees working at the fuel center The hours of operation at the fuel center are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. 7 days a week That means there is an opener from 6 a.m.

Retail

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

But an equally sizable number will still prefer the warmth and immediacy of physical stores, and will actively shop at brick-and-mortar retail stores if it means that human. Now that they can easily benefit from the convenience of online shopping, many customers will turn to e-commerce stores for their purchases. Click to continue reading

Retail

Great Place to Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Leading retailers treat their people better, and employees give a lot more back to the company. The City of Seattle recently passed a “secure scheduling” measure that requires large retailers and restaurants to set shifts at least two weeks in advance and compensate workers for last-minute changes.

Retail

Work Life

JUNE 5, 2024

The company, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, is also launching a training program for hourly workers in its U.S. The jobs pay between $19 and $45 per hour, and workers will be paid during the training, the company said. The training program is expected to start with 100 workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Training

Work Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For example, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, education, and health services have a labor shortage. Organizations need new ways to train people in business-critical skills with speed and, most importantly, to prove that skills are job-ready. Chris McCarthy is the CEO of hands-on training company Skillable.

Training

Insperity

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Or, if you’re pivoting from in-store to online retail, does your IT department have the skills and experience to create a great digital customer experience? A well thought out business plan is a critical tool in building and maintaining a top-tier workforce.

Planning

Insperity

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Small and medium-size businesses oftentimes don’t have the resources they need to deal with issues such as workplace bullies, compliance training and discipline practices. She has provided HR support and guidance within various industries, such as retail, technology, insurance and professional services.'

Retail

All Work

JULY 28, 2023

The Office as a Culture Center While remote work is effective for many tasks, certain aspects of professional development, such as on-the-job training, mentorship, feedback, and upskilling, are best delivered in person.

Retail

Insperity

MAY 3, 2018

It also provides specific advice for those types of companies most likely to experience violence, such as late-night retail establishments, healthcare businesses and those with delivery drivers. Train your employees to recognize potential danger. OSHA offers many free workplace safety resources for businesses in general.

Security

Insperity

MAY 15, 2018

A consultant with this sort of expertise can help your company find affordable ways to improve your workplace ergonomics and possibly even provide training or a lunch-and-learn on the topic. Workers in physically demanding roles may need to be trained on good lifting techniques and the proper way to wear a back brace.

Equipment

Insperity

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

A retail sales associate who exhibits the qualities of an everyday leader might go the extra mile to turn a bad customer experience around. That means organizations spend less money on training, recruiting and onboarding. Also, empowered employees are more committed.

Leadership

Insperity

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For example, if your company has retail customers or offers after-hours technical support, part-time staff could help with night and weekend hours, so you don’t have gaps in staffing. Cost-effective solution. Make sure to schedule meetings or social events at times convenient for both part-time and full-time workers. The future is flexible.

Insurance

Go Burrows

AUGUST 6, 2023

Maggie Olson has extensive experience at some of the biggest companies in retail, food & beverage, and technology. ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

Food

Office Snapshots

JANUARY 16, 2024

Spanning 7 floors and 8,000m2 the experience of Reece’s products and services begins on the ground floor showroom/retail environment where opportunities to be immersed in products, services and education abound.

Retail

Go Burrows

JULY 4, 2021

Prior to joining MountainSeed, she spent 7 years in wireless retail. To learn more about how you can join the now 200+ growth-minded Leader Assistants, check out our Leader Assistant Premium Membership for ongoing training, coaching, and community. Stephanie has a passion for driving accountability through positivity and inclusion.

Retail

Ruby

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

And then, after all that effort—if you’re lucky enough to find the right someone at the right time—a whole new world of work reveals itself: new employee training. Oh boy, training. Training a new employee can be both exciting and exhausting. In other words, smart training starts with smart hiring. the best candidates.

Training