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How Spirit Halloween Saves Real Estate Deals

Spirit Halloween's ability to appear and disappear every fall has inspired countless memes online and even a recent “Saturday Night Live” sketch. But the company's strategy to staff more than 1,500 stores and hire approximately 50,000 seasonal workers across North America is no easy task. “We are only physically there for three months. A tremendous […]

By Andrew Jack

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024

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Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested in sex trafficking case

File: Mike Jeffries, then CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch in 2005. Michael Loccisano | FilmMagic | Getty Images Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested in Florida and faces sex trafficking charges, a spokesman for federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, told CNBC on Tuesday. Two Jeffries associates, Matthew Smith of West Palm […]

By Andrew Jack

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024

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How Amazon, Best Buy, Costco and Home Depot Prepared for the Port Strike

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILR), which represents around 45,000 longshoremen, has launched its first large-scale strike in 47 years, disrupting supply chains ahead of the Christmas shopping season. Strikes began early Tuesday morning at 36 ports along the East Coast and Gulf Coast, from Maine to Texas, after negotiations failed to produce a new labor […]

By Andrew Jack

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024