Pour one out for the beleaguered economists, who for once got an important indicator, the consumer price index, right on the nose, after CPI fell 0.1% in December, while core Read more
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Starbucks workers at more than 100 stores going on strike
Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they’re going on strike Thursday in what would be the largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores Read more
Kohl’s CEO loss is Levi Strauss’s gain, says retail expert
Tuesday’s announcement that Kohl’s Corp. CEO Michelle Gass is stepping down to join Levi Strauss & Co. is great news for the clothier best known for its blue jeans, according Read more
Food prices keep rising. Food-company execs are betting Americans will keep paying.
Even as rampant inflation in food prices leaches away consumer spending power and disproportionately affects lower-income consumers, food-company executives and Wall Street analysts believe that Americans will continue to buy Read more
Starbucks stock rallies as results top expectations, helped by a boost in U.S. sales
Starbucks Corp. on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that beat expectations, helped by a boost in U.S. sales, sending shares higher in after-hours trading. The coffee chain reported net income Read more
People pay 14.1% more on average for pumpkin-spice products
We may be paying a price for our pumpkin-spice cravings. A new study from the MagnifyMoney.com website has found that retailers routinely charge more for pumpkin-spice items than for the Read more
People pay 14.1% more on average for pumpkin-spice products
We may be paying a price for our pumpkin-spice cravings. A new study from the MagnifyMoney.com website has found that retailers routinely charge more for pumpkin-spice items than for the Read more
New union rallies at Uber HQ with ‘a core goal of winning union rights for gig workers’
Ride-hailing drivers, delivery workers and their supporters on Wednesday converged in front of Uber Technologies Inc.’s San Francisco headquarters to announce that they have formed a union. The California Gig Read more
Exclusive: Starbucks urged to work with unions in letter from members of Congress
Almost three dozen lawmakers on Monday urged Starbucks Corp. to work with the unions that have formed at nearly 250 of its stores around the nation, and expressed concerns about Read more
Starbucks investors push for review of how company is dealing with union activity
A coalition of Starbucks Corp. investors on Monday filed a shareholder proposal asking for a third-party assessment of the company’s stated commitment to workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining Read more
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