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The new overtime rule has been stopped — but for how long?
Jessica Taylor RetailA new salary limit for the Fair Labor Standard Act's overtime rule was supposed to take effect Dec. 1. But the changes, which would affect about 4 million workers, have come to a screeching halt after a preliminary injunction by a federal judge in Texas last week.
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How the Hanjin bankruptcy nearly ruined Christmas
Alan Kelsky Distribution & WarehousingAs Hanjin Shipping was moving container cargo to ports all over the globe this summer, news broke that affected retailers worldwide. Hanjin, the world's seventh-largest container shipping company filed for bankruptcy Aug. 31 in Seoul, South Korea.
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Top wishes from holiday shoppers for your social media content
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingWhen you think of social media during the holiday season, your mind likely jumps to your marketing strategy and the corresponding number of impressions, clicks and sales. For your followers, their goal is much simpler, and dare we say, heartwarming. When asked what they want from brands during the holiday season on social, the largest segment of consumers said holiday cheer, found Sprout Social's research. After all, isn’t that the reason for the season?
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Amazon delivers a new kind of logistics
Robert Gordon Distribution & WarehousingAlthough many people are focusing on Amazon's recent earnings miss, it's important to look past that and realize the online retail giant has spent more than ever on logistics infrastructure. Amazon clearly added assets and is hiring 120,000 people to push its internal logistics initiative forward.
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Metals Thoughts: Brave new world
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesBy now you have already read a thousand articles about "What Donald Trump means for _____," and I'll try and avoid that sort of simplistic analysis — primarily, because that assumes certainty in even the beginning of the probability tree, which I don't think even the president-elect has just yet.
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What shoppers want from you this holiday season
Emma Fitzpatrick RetailWe're less than two weeks out from one of the biggest shopping days of the season, Black Friday! Then, the holiday shopping frenzy will begin. This year, like years past, will look remarkably different from the year before. More shoppers will be making purchases at home, often from their mobile device. In fact, online sales will now represent nearly 11 percent of all holiday sales, according to eMarketer. That's huge.
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Does Black Friday still determine your holiday success?
Danielle Manley RetailBlack Friday would be described by most as the busiest shopping day of the year. However, year after year this proves to be less and less true based on financial figures. According to ShopperTrak, retailers made an estimated $10.21 billion in sales on Black Friday in 2015, which is an 11.9 percent decrease compared to 2014.
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Metals Thoughts: Good night and good luck
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesThere is little I can add in the way of insight into the political outcome for today's general election, but we can look at the way the chips are stacked for some insight into the potential market reactions. Hillary Clinton's odds for victory look to be anywhere between 70 and 84 percent, depending on which poll aggregator model you use. Most Wall Street polls I have seen skew toward the higher end of that, though there is some innate selection bias.
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The meaning of ‘great’ proves elusive in economic terms
Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementUsually there's nothing like a presidential election to sharpen the discussion of job creation and economic growth. Then comes this year's race. All we got was a lot of unfocused debate on whether America needs to be reinspired to greatness or is already great. And does anybody know how to measure terms like "great"? Isn't it just an empty superlative word like good, better and best? Of course it is, because in whose opinion is something great?
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The best ways to promote your products on Instagram
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingThe Instagram feature your brand has been waiting for is finally here (or at least in the works). Instagram is beginning to test shopping tags. This feature would allow your brand to easily track the ROI on your Instagram strategy, and you could finally stop using the unintuitive #linkinprofile.
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