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April 13, 2022         Last Friday, Amazon called for an election rerun, after workers at a New York City warehouse voted to create the Company’s first U.S. union, saying that the U.S. labor board and worker-organizers suppressed turnout. The Amaz ... Read more
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April 6, 2022             Last week, workers at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island voted to unionize. The vote was 2,654 for the union and 2,131 against it. This marks the Company’s first unionized worksite in th ... Read more
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March 30, 2022       The Save Mart Companies announced it was acquired by Kingswood Capital Management. Kingswood is an operationally focused private equity firm based in Los Angeles, which most recently acquired Cost Plus World Market from Bed Bath & Beyond in ... Read more
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March 23, 2022         Dollar General’s 4Q21 sales grew 2.8%; however, comps fell 1.4%, the 4th quarterly decline in a row, driven by a continued fall off in traffic, partially offset by gains in average ticket. Most categories saw comp decli ... Read more
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March 16, 2022         Amazon has informed gig workers selecting items at local Whole Foods stores for delivery to customers that they soon will become Whole Foods employees. The change marks Amazon’s latest effort to simplify its sprawling grocer ... Read more
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March 9, 2022         Amazon announced plans to close all 68 of its physical book stores, pop-up shops and 4-star stores in the U.S. and U.K. The Company continues to invest in other concepts like Amazon Fresh, which it has grown to 23 stores; Whole Foo ... Read more
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March 2, 2022             Amazon has introduced its Just Walk Out technology to a new Whole Foods in Washington D.C. The store is 21,500 square feet and opened on February 23. It is the first of two Whole Foods expected to open this year ... Read more
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February 23, 2022         Amazon will face a union election at one of its warehouses on New York’s Staten Island next month, Workers at the Staten Island warehouse, known as JFK8, will cast their ballots between March 25 and 30, according to the A ... Read more
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February 16, 2022         CVS Health reported stronger-than-expected 4Q21 results, with the top line growing 10.1%, again thanks to COVID vaccinations and testing. The Company said it has administered more than 59 million COVID-19 vaccines and 32 millio ... Read more
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February 9, 2022         ALDI is continuing its aggressive growth strategy with plans to open about 150 new stores this year. This puts it on track to become the third-largest U.S. grocery retailer by store count by the end of 2022. As part of its South ... Read more
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