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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
It probably comes at no surprise, but trucking costs have been on a steep curve upward, reports the American Transportation Research Institute. Overall, costs measured by surveys conducted between April and August this year were up from 2017 for almost every…
The National Labor Relations Board is turning up the heat on labor unions it believes have neglected their members or treated them badly. General Counsel Peter Robb issued new instructions to the NLRB’s Regional Offices on how to handle duty of fair…
This year’s holiday shopping season should be very merry indeed for online and bricks-and-mortar stores, according to the National Retail Federation. NRF expects holiday retail sales in November and December — excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants…
If warehouses are not being built as fast as some would like, there is a good reason: The labor shortage in the construction industry is slowing down work and in fact has grown so severe that it is endangering worker safety. This is according to the third…
Demand for ecommerce distribution space was the impetus for many of the largest industrial and logistics leases completed in the United States in the first half of this year, highlighting users’ preference for large, modern facilities, CBRE reports. The…
Retail sales and jobs growth remained strong in August, according to the National Retail Federation. August retail sales increased 0.1% seasonally adjusted over July and 5% year-over-year as the economy continued to grow despite concerns about the growing…
Political expression runs hot in America these days. How much can employers control speech in the workplace? The problem: There is no one answer. Employers may be aware that the First Amendment only protects citizens from government restrictions on speech.…
The number of U.S. employees willing to go above and beyond what is required of them dropped by nearly 10% over the last three years. In Gartner’s Global Talent Monitor for 2Q 2018, only 17.8% of U.S. workers expressed high levels of discretionary effort,…
A formal rulemaking opened by the National Labor Relations Board would reverse an Obama-era decision allowing independent contractors, leased and temporary employees to vote alongside the regular workforce on union representation. Republican Board Chairman…
Compliance reviews of federal contractors and subcontractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will focus more intensely on the employers’ lack of Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) documentation. Last February, the office announced its…
It may come as a real surprise, but Amazon.com was not rated No. 1 among the National Retail Federation’s Hot 100 list of fastest-growing retailers. In fact, it wasn’t even No. 2 or No. 3. The Hot 100 list is compiled for NRF by the research firm of Kantar…
A survey finds that consumers are fed up with poor customer engagement experiences and outdated approaches to customer service, and 68% note they would buy more from brands that put “service” back into customer service. Most consumers polled by Oracle…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
It probably comes at no surprise, but trucking costs have been on a steep curve upward, reports the American Transportation Research Institute. Overall, costs measured by surveys conducted between April and August this year were up from 2017 for almost every…
The National Labor Relations Board is turning up the heat on labor unions it believes have neglected their members or treated them badly. General Counsel Peter Robb issued new instructions to the NLRB’s Regional Offices on how to handle duty of fair…
This year’s holiday shopping season should be very merry indeed for online and bricks-and-mortar stores, according to the National Retail Federation. NRF expects holiday retail sales in November and December — excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants…
If warehouses are not being built as fast as some would like, there is a good reason: The labor shortage in the construction industry is slowing down work and in fact has grown so severe that it is endangering worker safety. This is according to the third…
Demand for ecommerce distribution space was the impetus for many of the largest industrial and logistics leases completed in the United States in the first half of this year, highlighting users’ preference for large, modern facilities, CBRE reports. The…
Retail sales and jobs growth remained strong in August, according to the National Retail Federation. August retail sales increased 0.1% seasonally adjusted over July and 5% year-over-year as the economy continued to grow despite concerns about the growing…
Political expression runs hot in America these days. How much can employers control speech in the workplace? The problem: There is no one answer. Employers may be aware that the First Amendment only protects citizens from government restrictions on speech.…
The number of U.S. employees willing to go above and beyond what is required of them dropped by nearly 10% over the last three years. In Gartner’s Global Talent Monitor for 2Q 2018, only 17.8% of U.S. workers expressed high levels of discretionary effort,…
A formal rulemaking opened by the National Labor Relations Board would reverse an Obama-era decision allowing independent contractors, leased and temporary employees to vote alongside the regular workforce on union representation. Republican Board Chairman…
Compliance reviews of federal contractors and subcontractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs will focus more intensely on the employers’ lack of Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) documentation. Last February, the office announced its…
It may come as a real surprise, but Amazon.com was not rated No. 1 among the National Retail Federation’s Hot 100 list of fastest-growing retailers. In fact, it wasn’t even No. 2 or No. 3. The Hot 100 list is compiled for NRF by the research firm of Kantar…
A survey finds that consumers are fed up with poor customer engagement experiences and outdated approaches to customer service, and 68% note they would buy more from brands that put “service” back into customer service. Most consumers polled by Oracle…