Sentence examples for retail labor from inspiring English sources
But the dozen or so stores that Best Buy, which is based in Eden Prairie, Minn., is planning here over the next several years could stretch an already thin retail labor force, never mind one with technical skills.
Competing for shelf space with big brands paying workers to set up elaborate displays in grocery stores, he saw a chance to reimagine retail labor.
Walmart insists its wages are generally in line with the current local market in retail labor.
As HuffPost reported in 2013, the overtime exemptions are at the heart of the retail labor model, particularly for the nation's tens of thousands of dollar stores.
As one retail-labor activist told HuffPost last year, "hours are the new bonus," with employees asking for more work even as companies bring on temporary seasonal help.
It quoted an internal postal service memo, which said that the Staples pilot program was to determine "if lower costs can be realized with retail partner labor instead of the labor traditionally associated with retail window at Post Offices".
Retail and labor officials say that is partly because the retailers are concerned about the plan's binding legal commitments.
If he were wise, he would use his new strength to push through the remaining, and politically most difficult, parts of his economic agenda, like paring back agricultural subsidies, regulations on retail commerce and labor market restrictions that have weakened Japan's growth for decades.
The attacks, they said, would reverberate through the labor market, retail sales and consumer habits for months to come.
If a few more retail giants sign on, labor groups are likely to turn up the pressure on others to join the effort or face protests, several officials said.
Since the raw materials of soda and popcorn, French fries and even hamburgers represent such a tiny fraction of their retail price (compared with labor, packaging and advertising), expanding portion size becomes a way to multiply sales without adding much to costs.
