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E&Y-Andersen deal should be done at month's end A deal that doubles Ernst & Young L.L.P.'s Detroit and Ann Arbor offices and increases its presence in Toledo and Grand Rapids [...]

Target Denies Alleged Bias MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Corp. here said last week the allegations in a complaint filed earlier this month by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are 'totally without [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark.-Wal-Mart Corp. is giving its employees the option of using part of the company's annual contribution to their 401(k) plan benefits to pay for increases in health plan premiums. [...]

SDM Files for Chapter 11 BRUSSELS -- Delhaize Group here said last week it has filed for liquidation of Super Discount Markets, its Atlanta-based subsidiary, under Chapter 11 of the [...]

Wal-Mart Stores laid off 100 employees at its Bentonville headquarters and eliminated 300 positions that had not been filled. The world's largest retailer, which employs 11,000 at its headquarters, has [...]

Citing a slowing economy and efforts to cut costs, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. last week notified about 100 employees at its corporate offices in Bentonville that their jobs no longer exist. [...]

Wal-Mart laid off 100 employees last week at its headquarters and eliminated 300 unfilled positions, in an effort to trim expenses. The retailer employs 11,000 at its headquarters and 1.2 [...]

Wal-Mart has laid off 100 staff at its Bentonville HQ and eliminated 300 positions that have not been filled. The company said the cuts were part of a periodic review [...]

The Bluelight Special may be back, but its heralded return is not enough to protect its namesake Web store from the wrath of the dot.com downturn. Several weeks ago, Kmart's [...]

Two customer-service initiatives from Kmart: It is increasing the number of its self-service checkout units and it is targeting $18 million in bonuses for sales associates who offer excellent customer [...]

* Kmart Corp., Troy, MI, has announced an $18 million bonus program to encourage improved customer service. Employees being recognized for their efforts will receive cash bonuses [...]

Wal-Mart is stepping up its activities in China with a recruitment drive to attract staff in areas where it doesn't already have a presence, according to local newspaper reports. Wal-Mart [...]

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has cut its e-commerce operations, making 10% of Wal-mart.com staff redundant. The announcement comes as the company attempts to remove inefficiency from its site by […]

WALMART.COM CEO Jeanne P. Jackson says the company plans to lay off nearly 10 percent of the Brisbane, Calif., firm's 240-employee work force. The layoffs are the first signs that [...]

With the high cost of absenteeism, it pays to create a workplace where people want to be. The morning after Christmas, a Pacific Yurts sales rep called his office asking [...]

Retailer focuses on preventing slip-and-fall injuries ShopKo Stores has just launched a program to raise awareness about occupational slips and falls. With such incidents representing nearly one-quarter of its workers [...]

TORONTO -- Whether a Wal-Mart store is in Miami or Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, there is no substitute for employee enthusiasm when it comes to building customer loyalty, according to Dave [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Charlyn Jarrells Porter knows firsthand just how much of a family atmosphere can be offered by the Wal-Mart workplace. Two years ago Jarrells Porter's best friend since [...]

NEW YORK- The unique culture of Wal-Mart that lies at the heart of the company's relationship with its 1.2 million employees is invariably associated with the company's founder, Sam Walton. [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart believes as a company that its people make the difference. But forging a diverse group of people numbering more than 1 million into a team that [...]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- This is the story of the 1.2 million people who regularly draw a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. paycheck. The Wal-Mart associates constitute the largest private sector workforce ever [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Store managers and associates are accustomed to having district managers like Michael Moore dropping by regularly, but recently many Wal-Mart outlets in this part of the country [...]

Claiming that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cannot or will not handle its own workers' compensation claims properly, the Department of Labor and Industries in Washington state has revoked, the Bentonville retailer's [...]

Kmart Corp.'s restructuring effort has claimed 46 jobs at the company's Troy headquarters and could result in more cuts, the company said Thursday. The positions were eliminated in early November [...]

'Keep, grow, get' is the People Division's objective. In an era when the Internet, e-commerce, B2B alliances, mobile devices and high-tech supply chain logistics are more a part of industry [...]

Local retail stores find seasonal help hard to come by Retail stores are finding it difficult to meet staffing demands for the holiday season. 'It has been a challenge,' said [...]

Target internship program hits the mark developing future managers Target store interns Jennifer Gray and Lauren Kramer know the clothing their store sells is trendy, quality merchandise that is a [...]

As society changes, companies are being forced to design training programs that are both cost- and time-effective and also keep employees up to date with technology. To help, the Small [...]

Look for 83 pink slips from Kmart when the retailer shuts down its store at the corner of state roads 436 and 434. That's how many employees will lose their [...]

* Want to keep employees longer? Try treating them with more respect, training and stock options. According to Kevin Harper, vice president, marketing and people, Wal-Mart Stores, a key reason [...]

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Wal-Mart Stores has taken a hard look at the labor situation and has launched a new strategy to retain its employees, said Kevin Harper, vice president of [...]

NEW YORK-Put aside, for now, questions about how the Internet will transform retail. The most pressing question in home furnishings retailing today is, 'Who will take the top spots at [...]

WASHINGTON -- Labor activist Charles Kernaghan is going after Kathie Lee Gifford and Nike again. In a press conference Wednesday, Kernaghan, executive director of the National Labor Committee, charged that [...]

....Meat cutters at a Super Kmart in Oakland, CA ratified what Butchers Local 120 of the UFCW union calls the first labor contract at a Kmart retail outlet. The meat [...]

Not too long ago, Haines City was known for its citrus trees and retirees. But times have changed and so has the business climate in this once sleepy town in [...]

Wal-Mart says it is asking some stores to schedule workers for fewer hours, although it says the directive is only being given to stores that are assigning more hours than [...]

HOME OFFICE LAYOFFS: Walmart late last month said it was eliminating 50 positions at its corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. 'February is the start of Walmart's fiscal year, and it's [...]

Highly publicized recent attempts to contain costs were stymied by labor roadblocks for Wal-Mart, Delphi and New York City Mass Transit Authority. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association is exploring ways [...]