by Sonya Swink | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Retail, Uncategorized
“Working in e-commerce, it seemed like it was a better job.” Tyler Hamilton quit his construction job to pack boxes at Amazon’s warehouse near Minneapolis a couple years ago. Since coronavirus, the 23-year-old got a small pay bump but works endless overtime, with one...
by Sonya Swink | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Retail, Uncategorized
On Wednesday, April 15th, the Commerce Department will release the advanced retail sales report, a measure of how many goods and services in the sector were sold in March. This key indicator of the state of the economy will be released at 8:30 am. Here are five...
by Sonya Swink | Mar 20, 2020 | Featured, Retail
In another sign that coronavirus disrupted consumer spending, February’s numbers show initial slipping in retail sales downward after a slight tick up in January. Down 0.5%, numbers released from the Commerce Department show how American shoppers frequented department...
by Vrushank Nayak | May 20, 2019 | Featured, Retail
Joel Porras has been working at Bonobos, an e-commerce clothing subsidiary of Walmart for the past two years. As a sales associate, he guides clients into making their clothing choices when they come in to shop. But he graduated with a degree in Media Studies from...
by Vrushank Nayak | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured, Retail
When Ryan Paul leased his first car, he did it the old fashioned way: He went to a dealership, spoke to a salesperson and picked the car up after the the whole process was complete. But when Paul decided it was time to trade in his 2015 Audi for something new, he...
by Vrushank Nayak | Mar 30, 2019 | Retail
On Monday morning the Commerce Department will release the February retail sales report — a count of all the retail goods and services sold. Here are five things to look out for in the report when the numbers are released at 8:30 a.m. ET. 1. A Clearer Picture Since...
