Tag: Walmart
Gun shop owners wary of new restrictions
Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer of guns, as well as Dick’s Sporting Goods, recently decided to raise the minimum-age requirement for purchases of guns...
Amazon isn’t only retail giant trying to remake health care
NEW YORK – Amazon.com Inc. says it wants to remake health care for its workers. But its biggest rival is beating it to the...
Marketing and sales: 5 ways to make 2018 your best year...
• Try something new.
In their “Habits Across the Lifespan” study, Duke University researchers found nearly half of human behaviors are habit-based, regardless of age....
Most-read stories on PBN.com, Jan. 2018
1. Cheryl Snead, founder, CEO and president of Banneker Industries, dies. POSTED ONLINE: JAN. 23. Cheryl W. Snead, CEO and president of Banneker Industries...
The real reason Walmart raised its minimum wage
“Walmart workers” used to be a handy synonym for “low-paid.” But over the past few years, the company has steadily raised the wage it...
Surviving the retail apocalypse
Retail dies when based solely on the concept of visiting a store for a commodity item. To thrive in today’s market and emerge from...
Never give up on your dreams
J.C. Penney, founder of the retail giant that bears his name, once evaluated one of his young clerks, stating he “wasn’t thorough and wouldn’t...
Street-smarts important to remaining successful
You learn to be book smart in school, but you better not forget that you need to also be street smart.
I succeeded because I...