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Target Is Hiring 40-Percent More Holiday-Season Workers Than Last Year

Target plans to hire 100,000 people to work during the hectic holiday shopping season, up 40 percent from last year.

In the Future, Warehouse Robots Will Learn on Their Own

The robot was perched over a bin filled with random objects, from a box of instant oatmeal to a small toy shark. This two-armed automaton did not recognize any of this stuff, but that did not matter. It reached into the pile and started picking things up, one after another after another.

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Opinion: Why Do Big Hacks Happen? Blame Big Data

Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies, revealed this month that it was hacked back in May, exposing the personal data of up to 143 million people. The data accessed by hackers contains extremely sensitive information like social security numbers, birth data, consumer's names, driver's license numbers and credit card numbers.

Nordstrom Is Opening a Store That Will Serve Beer But Won't Stock Clothes

Nordstrom is trying a smaller store on for size.

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U.K. Firms Have Slavery 'Blind Spot,' Research Shows

U.K. firms are focusing anti-slavery efforts on foreign supply chains and overlooking forced labour at home, according to research.

Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25-Percent Jump in Shoppers

Amazon.com Inc.'s splashy takeover of Whole Foods, complete with deep price cuts, did more than bring a surge of publicity to the chain: It boosted customer traffic by 25 percent.

Buy American, Hire American: How Renewed Protectionism Is Reshaping Supply Chains

Cowboy hats, fire trucks and baseball bats - these were some of the products put on display at the White House during the "Made in America Week" this summer. While this was mainly a symbolic, PR-motivated show to celebrate American manufacturing, recent policy initiatives by President Trump's administration are aiming to reshape the supply chains of federal agencies and companies across many sectors.

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To Hire Star Millennials, Plug Successful Sustainability Efforts

As organizations look toward finding their next generation of executives, they can hardly avoid seeking out millennials, the generation defined in part by their increased use and familiarity with communications, media and digital technologies - and the largest population group on the planet.

A Brief History of Equifax Security Fails

The leak of data on as many as 143 million Americans announced by Equifax this month was not the first rodeo for the credit monitoring and (irony alert) breach recovery firm. It's had problems protecting its customers' information dating back years.

China's Electric Car Push Lures Global Auto Giants, Despite Risks

Volkswagen, the German auto giant, is preparing for a swift expansion in its output of electric cars next year - and the biggest jump in production will be in China. General Motors is making China the hub of its electric car research and development. Renault-Nissan, the French and Japanese carmaker, and Ford Motor have hustled to set up joint electric-car ventures in China.

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Home-Improvement Retailers Scrambled to Restock in Florida

Home Depot Inc., Lowe's Co. and other home-improvement retailers are rushing supplies into Florida in Irma's wake, an effort critical to rebuilding efforts as well as their quarterly sales.

U.S. Middle-Class Incomes Reached Highest-Ever Level in 2016

The incomes of middle-class Americans rose last year to the highest level ever recorded by the Census Bureau, as poverty declined and the scars of the past decade's Great Recession seemed to finally fade.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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