Lauren Xu

Home Depot worker arrested in alleged $7,400 self-checkout theft scheme

A 19-year-old Home Depot employee was arrested after police said he helped two accomplices exploit self-checkout in a $7,467 theft scheme.

Walmart marketplace fuels general merchandise growth, expands at 20% pace

Marketplace is now driving Walmart’s general merchandise push, bringing more SKU confusion, returns questions, and pickup explanations to the store floor.

Walmart joins U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol to boost supply chain traceability

Walmart’s cotton traceability push is mostly invisible on the sales floor, but it could shape what buying teams demand, how labels are written and how suppliers prove their claims.

Nintendo details nine years of Tomodachi Life ideas ahead of Switch launch

Nintendo says Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream grew out of nine years of ideas, including staff jokes and near-cut features, before landing on Switch and Switch 2.

Franco Manca to close 16 restaurants, putting 225 UK jobs at risk

Franco Manca planned to close 16 sites and put 225 jobs at risk as old lease deals and rising labour costs squeezed the chain.

Labor

Firehouse Subs worker hospitalized after boiling water attack in Monroe, Georgia

A Firehouse Subs shift on W Spring Street turned violent when boiling water was poured on a co-worker, leaving her with first-degree burns and a hospital trip.

Benefits

Fat Brands wins court approval for $1.9 million retention bonuses

A bankruptcy judge approved $1.9 million in retention pay for 114 Fat Brands workers as the company races toward a sale of Twin Peaks, Johnny Rockets and other chains.

KPMG UK becomes first Big Four Team Topologies Solution Partner

KPMG UK became the first Big Four firm with Team Topologies accreditation, a sign it wants to sell less handoff and more speed in client delivery.

Goldman sees memory chip LTAs gaining traction amid tight supply and AI demand

Goldman says memory LTAs look less like a late-cycle warning and more like a scramble for scarce supply, with DRAM shortages still looming and customers pushing prepayments.

Goldman Sachs files first bitcoin ETF with options income strategy

Goldman is moving from crypto access to crypto packaging, filing an ETF that pairs bitcoin exposure with options income just days after Morgan Stanley's launch.

Goldman Says Hedge Funds Turn More Bearish as Stock Selling Surges

Hedge funds were more bearish than at Goldman’s prior panic peak, with March selling the fastest in 13 years and the second-largest since 2011.

Morgan Stanley profit rises on dealmaking and trading surge, Goldman peers benefit

Morgan Stanley’s 29% profit jump and 36% surge in investment-banking revenue raised the bar for Goldman’s dealmakers, traders, and bonus talks.

Culture

Goldman Sachs careers page spotlights apprenticeships, learning and open roles

Goldman’s careers page sells apprenticeship as a real pipeline, but the substance is in the mechanics: training, senior access, global teams and a brutally selective funnel.

Apr 15, 2026·6 min read

DeeBee’s Organics expands into Target stores nationwide with SuperFruit Freezies

Target added DeeBee’s SuperFruit Freezie Pops nationwide in $9.99 24-packs, a small launch that can quickly turn into pickup pulls, shelf resets and SNAP EBT questions.

Target to launch exclusive Pokémon collection for 30th anniversary

More than 100 Pokémon items will hit Target in two waves, likely packing toy aisles, front-end lines and fulfillment with sellout pressure.

Target rebuilds campaign forecasting with generative AI and retrieval architecture

Target is using generative AI to predict campaigns more accurately, hoping to cut store surprises, but the real test is whether the floor sees fewer last-minute resets.

O Positiv expands at Target, enters vitamins and supplements aisle

O Positiv added nine products at Target and moved into vitamins and supplements, pushing store teams to manage a wider women’s health footprint across two aisles.

Target builds faster hybrid system for digital order allocation at scale

Target's new allocator aims to make digital orders land in fewer boxes, with fewer handoffs and less scramble on the floor.

Monday.com says omnichannel success depends on coordinated customer workflows

monday.com is reframing omnichannel as a coordination test: the winners are teams that share customer data and automate handoffs, not teams that just add more channels.