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July 21, 2025
| This week’s operations news and insights for retail leaders
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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The opening, which came years later than initially planned, is part of a broader international expansion strategy as growth stalls in the U.S.
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The problem is growing, though the full impact is unclear, according to speakers at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.
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Executive Rick Gomez told some Twin Cities commercial employees to work from headquarters three days a week starting in September.
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The furniture maker expects to reduce warehouse and inventory costs while optimizing home delivery through the initiative.
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Stephen Smith, the retailer’s first chief executive from outside the company or founding family, will leave next spring after a decade in the post.
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The company will no longer match pricing for identical items at places such as Walmart and Amazon.
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The mass retailer is eliminating the position, which supported its market managers, and also plans to take a more tailored approach to staffing its training centers.
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The home improvement retailer has been expanding AI access to employees and tweaking tools with stakeholder input in mind.
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The North Carolina-based retailer is the latest victim in a spree of attacks in the U.K. and U.S.
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A pause in some tariffs lessens the profitability hit, but costs are higher and “the consumer environment remains difficult,” Moody’s Ratings said.
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