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Could Online-Sales Tax Moves Hurt Private Retailers' Already-Thin Margins?

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 05.21.2013 | Small Business
Mary Ellen Biery

Privately held retailers are operating with relatively thin profit margins nearly four years after the end of the recession, according to recent data from Sageworks, a financial information company.

Big Retailers Vow To Improve Factory Safety

AP | Posted 05.13.2013 | Business

NEW YORK -- Four of the world's biggest retailers agreed to sign a pact to improve safety at garment factories in Bangladesh nearly three weeks after ...

Dave Jamieson

H&M Makes Big Move On Factory Safety

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.13.2013 | Business

Fast-fashion retailer H&M has agreed to sign onto a binding accord to improve working conditions in Bangladesh garment factories, a move that labor ad...

Why the Internet Sales Tax Increase Is a Dream Crusher for Small Business

Steven Power | Posted 05.08.2013 | Small Business
Steven Power

While the future of the legislation remains uncertain, it's time for our government to take a deeper look into the real impact this legislation will have on the little guys. U.S. small businesses are millions and millions strong and growing at astonishing rates.

Dave Jamieson

How Miserable Is It Working In An Amazon Warehouse?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business

Whenever he clocked out after his 12-hour shift at an Amazon warehouse, Jesse Busk had one more critical task to perform before he could hop into his ...

Dave Jamieson

Retailers' Pledges On Garment Worker Safety Ring Hollow

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2013 | Business

The climbing death toll in the wake of a massive building collapse in Bangladesh has put increasing pressure on Western retailers to commit themselves...

Emran Hossain

Plodding Rescue In Factory Collapse Fuels Rage In Bangladesh

HuffingtonPost.com | Emran Hossain | Posted 04.29.2013 | World

Shahana Akter somehow survived at least four days beneath the rubble of the eight-story Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, the collapsed factory building where...

Here's How Social Media Is Changing Retail

Beverly Macy | Posted 04.29.2013 | Business
Beverly Macy

Today's digital consumer is expecting their favorite retailers and brands to know how to operate in the social and mobile environment. They're not just looking for the best shopper experience possible -- they are demanding it.

Accountability for the Bangladesh Building Collapse: Blame Game or Real Change?

Beth English | Posted 04.29.2013 | World
Beth English

If history is any guide, progress on workplace standards in Bangladesh and in other developing countries will be difficult to achieve and slow in coming.

The Top 5 Lessons Learned in Our First Year

Ryan Caldbeck | Posted 04.25.2013 | Small Business
Ryan Caldbeck

In the course of its first year any startup will confront issues it had not anticipated. Decisions will be made that are wrong. Every new business is different, and every one will encounter its own unique problems. Here are the lessons we learned from our mistakes at CircleUp in our first year.

Emran Hossain

Workers Clubbed By Police In Wake Of Deadly Building Collapse

HuffingtonPost.com | Emran Hossain | Posted 04.26.2013 | World

Protesters calling for the death of a building owner in Bangladesh whose eight-story structure collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least 290 people, we...

Emran Hossain

Workers Forced To Clock In At Building That Would Become Their Death Trap

HuffingtonPost.com | Emran Hossain | Posted 04.25.2013 | Business

The number of dead continues to rise in Bangladesh as rescuers sort through the debris of an eight-story building that collapsed Wednesday morning, cl...

Dave Jamieson

Fast Food, Retail Strikes Expected In Chicago

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business

Labor groups are predicting that hundreds of Chicago-area fast-food and retail workers will walk off the job for a one-day strike on Wednesday, just w...

Retail Group Backed By Apple, Nike Pushes Lawmakers For Tax Breaks

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.09.2013 | Business

Walmart, Apple, J.Crew and scores of other famous retailers are members of a group pushing for changes in the corporate tax code that would benefit co...

Sephora's VP Interactive On Mobile Technology: Threat or Opportunity?

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 04.02.2013 | Business
Andrew Cherwenka

Sephora execs may have heard Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen predicting the death of traditional retailers earlier this year. But with its leadership in digital and mobile technology, Sephora's future is bright.

America's Most Common Job Pays Less Than $26,000 Per Year

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.01.2013 | Business

America's most common job just doesn't pay very well. Roughly 4.3 million Americans worked as retail salespeople as of last May, according to data ...

Undercover Shopper: Apple vs. Microsoft Store

John Pavley | Posted 03.31.2013 | Technology
John Pavley

I felt bad for the Microsoft Store. The devices and accessories looked sharp and smart. But they were heavy to hold and didn't work as advertised.

Ex-Sears CEO Takes Major Pay Cut

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 03.31.2013 | Business

-- The CEO of Sears Holding Corp. received a compensation package worth nearly 90 percent less in 2012 than the prior year. Louis D'Ambrosio's becam...

The Content Brief: Location Marketing and the Future of Retail

Shawn Amos | Posted 03.22.2013 | Technology
Shawn Amos

It's the dawn of a new era in retail. The days of blaming the digital revolution for siphoning business are dwindling, as merchants are realizing that...

INFOGRAPHIC: Social Media and Mobile Greatly Impact Shopping Habits in Asian & African Countries

Brian Honigman | Posted 05.21.2013 | Technology
Brian Honigman

Consumers are simply more knowledgeable about what they are thinking of buying because of the continuing use of mobile and social. This trend can be seen world wide, especially in select Asian and African countries.

Leslie Dach, Walmart VP, On Business And Social Good

The Huffington Post | Joe Van Brussel | Posted 03.21.2013 | Business

As sustainability, and double or triple bottom lines move increasingly to the forefront of business leaders' minds, one example of real progress might...

Smartphone Checkouts Hitting More Walmarts

Reuters | Jessica Wohl | Posted 05.20.2013 | Technology

By Jessica Wohl (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it is tripling the number of U.S. stores in a pilot program that lets shoppers sca...

The Stream Series: The Future of Retail

Michael Fox | Posted 05.14.2013 | Business
Michael Fox

How can we as retailers prepare for and take advantage of the massive change technology has wrought on our industry?

Fighting the Other NRA -- Resources to Support Food Workers

Michele Simon | Posted 05.04.2013 | Business
Michele Simon

I want to offer practical resources for how to help improve the lives of the 20 million food workers who help us put food on our own tables every day.

Ladies and Gentlemen: Vote Now in the Workplace Oscars!

James Napoli | Posted 04.22.2013 | Comedy
James Napoli

Why not vote in a contest in which you might have a little more personal experience with the nominees? It's time to weigh in on the people you work with and how many of them deserve these dubious distinctions!