As ongoing economic pressures shrink the middle class, retailers are being challenged to either cut prices and step up their deals and discounts or make a play for high-income consumers. Indeed, years of financial challenges are eating away at the middle class’s spending power. A PYMNTS...
As retailers seek to prevent staffers and shoppers from arguing, the requirements of major merchants that shoppers wear masks in U.S. brick-and-mortar stores are only so effective. Walmart, along with Walgreens, Home Depot and others, indicates that the retailer will still allow non-mask-wearing customers to...
Grocery delivery startup Instacart has introduced a new option for its workers, according to reports: on-demand shopping. Instacart shoppers have generally had to sign up for shopping assignments in advance, which would weed out those with unpredictable schedules and facilitate more reliable delivery. However, Instacart...
Instacart has announced changes to the way it pays its workers as it faces a class-action lawsuit over how it handles tips earned by its shoppers. A class-action lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of Instacart shoppers, alleging that the on-demand delivery service “intentionally and...
July 24, 2020
As retailers seek to prevent staffers and shoppers from arguing, the requirements of major merchants that shoppers wear masks in U.S. brick-and-mortar stores are only so effective. Walmart, along with Walgreens, Home Depot and others, indicates that the retailer will still allow non-mask-wearing customers to transact, CNN reported. The federal government, in addition to a […]
April 12, 2019
Grocery delivery startup Instacart has introduced a new option for its workers, according to reports: on-demand shopping. Instacart shoppers have generally had to sign up for shopping assignments in advance,...
February 07, 2019
Instacart has announced changes to the way it pays its workers as it faces a class-action lawsuit over how it handles tips earned by its shoppers. A class-action lawsuit was filed...
December 20, 2018
Data shows that this coming Saturday — December 22 — is poised to be the biggest shopping day of the year. Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, said that...
