March 31, 2020 by MMR
COVID-19, John Furner, Kath McLay, Walmart
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Topics
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is taking a number of steps to protect the health of its associates who are working during the COVID-19 pandemic, company executives said Tuesday. In a corporate blog post, Walmart U.S. president and CEO John Furner and Sam’s Club president and CEO, Kath McLay detailed the steps the retailer is taking:
March 27, 2020 by MMR
COVID-19, hiring, Kroger, Tim Massa
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
CINCINNATI —Kroger Co. has hired more than 23,500 workers in recent weeks, and the company said it will add an additional 20,000 to help it respond to a spike in business from communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kroger added that recent hires have come from such hard-hit businesses as restaurants, hotels and food service
March 27, 2020 by MMR
BCG, Boston Consulting Group, COVID-19, IRI
Leading Headlines, Retail News
CHICAGO — IRI is continuing to collaborate with their partners at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to analyze the latest consumer purchases in Italy, France, New Zealand, the U.K and the U.S. The company just updated the report, “COVID-19 Impact: Consumer Spending Tracker,” to capture the most recent insights. Key highlights from the research include: Trends
March 25, 2020 by Alice Wang and Ed Rowland
Alice Wang, China, COVID-19, Ed Rowland, QR code, quarantine
Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s Note: In the fourth and final part of their series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland examine how China has identified healthy people and allowed some mobility. What could have been an administrative nightmare has been solved with digital simplicity: the QR code backed by large data analysis. Part one is available here. Part two
March 24, 2020 by MMR
COVID-19, medication, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Steven Anderson
Leading Headlines, Retail News
WASHINGTON – The nation’s governors received from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores on Tuesday a recommendation of how to help maintain patients’ medication access during the COVID-19 pandemic. NACDS provided a model executive order that would foster medication access. The association also noted the importance of recent action by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
March 23, 2020 by MMR
bonus payment, COVID-19, Kroger
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. said it will provide a one-time bonus to every hourly frontline grocery, supply chain, manufacturing and customer service associate. The company says the payouts amount to $300 for every full-time associate and $150 for every part-time associate. “Grocery workers are on the frontlines, ensuring Americans have access to the food and
March 23, 2020 by Alice Wang and Ed Rowland
Alice Wang, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Ed Rowland, education
Leading Headlines, Opinion
Editor’s note: In the third part in their continuing series, Alice Wang and Ed Rowland examine the coronavirus’ impact on China’s educational system and the 100 million Chinese students from pre-school through university now exclusively attending online classes. They examine how all the stakeholders– teachers, students, teaching Apps (DingTalk, the government-chosen teaching App provided by Alibaba) have adjusted. Part one
March 23, 2020 by MMR
COVID-19, Hy-Vee
Leading Headlines, Retail News
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee Inc. is seeking temporary, part-time hourly employees to help fill multiple positions in stores across its eight-state region as well as its distribution centers located in Chariton, Iowa, and Cherokee, Iowa. With the recent surge in demand for groceries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hy-Vee is looking to
March 23, 2020 by MMR
COVID-19, Philadelphia, Rite Aid
Leading Headlines, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. – Rite Aid said it has joined the White House COVID-19 Response Working Group. Rite Aid’s mission is to keep the communities it serves healthy and beginning Monday, March 23, the company is piloting COVID-19 testing at one location in Philadelphia seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Based
March 23, 2020 by MMR
bonus payment, COVID-19, Walgreens
Leading Headlines, Retail News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — In appreciation of the role Walgreens team members in its stores and distributions centers are playing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for their ongoing commitment to customer care, the company announced a one-time bonus for these employees. Richard Ashworth The bonus payment of $300 for full-time and $150 for part-time hourly team
March 23, 2020 by MMR
COVID-19, imports, National Retail Federation, NRF
2020, Issue 3-23-2020, Issues
WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation (NRF) said it expects the impact of coronavirus on imports at major U.S. retail container ports will be larger and last longer than previously believed, as factory shutdowns and travel restrictions in China continue to hamper production. “There are still a lot of unknowns to fully determine the impact
March 23, 2020 by Jeffrey Woldt
COVID-19, Jeffrey Woldt, RxImpact Day
2020, Issue 3-23-2020, Issues
RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill was one of the many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit this country hard early this month and, as of this writing, showed no signs of abating. Conducted by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, RxImpact Day would have brought together more than 400 pharmacy advocates in Washington,