OVER PEOPLEMANYYEARSTHE have looked at retail employment as a stepthrough job on the way to a college diploma, or a secondary job to fill in household budgets. Retail is such a part of everyone’s life that in many respects the concept of how products get on shelves and why the entity chose those products gets lost in the expectation of immediate gratification.Retailoperations are so much more than what you find in a store. Have you ever wondered how and not just why? AT&T is a multinational corporation that also has a retail component. A first glance at their hiring webpage and you find the slogan, “Choose Your Adventure (Career).” This company is more than the business that provides services. A deeper look finds call center, corporate, government support, global opportunities, retail, sales technician, and technology positions and comes with student opportunities to educate and enhance employment andWalmart,careers.
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Career“Don’toronearecareercorporation,multi-nationalanotherhasamazingopportunitiesthatoverlookedwhenshopsintheirstoresonline.Theirslogan:justworkharder.better.”Pointwell taken. Walmart is supported by an amazing team of career professionals housed in their stores and clubs, corporate, healthcare and technology operations. One look at their website and you see the following: “Help us power the next great retail disruption. Walmart Global Tech is a team of 15,000+ software engineers,
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Retail Association of Nevada • www.rannv.org 2 ◆ Retail: A Career, Not a Job Continued from page 1 data scientists and service professionals who deliver innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates.” Walmart stresses culture, diversity, equity, and inclusion and provides excellent benefits opportunitiesasfinancialeducationappointmentvirtualwhichhealth,lifeandforTargetemployersonescopeagainopportunitieseducation.includingDittofortheatTarget,multi-nationalinandislistedasofthetophundredintheUSA.iswellknownitsfocusonitsteamstressestime-off,andfamily,mentalaccesstocare,includes24/7healthcare(noneeded),assistance,well-beingwellasthemultipleavailable to applicants.Manystores such as Smiths, are amazing in the opportunities they offer, deephospitalityDepot.Lowe’shaveIfhomespeedstayElectronicsdon’tbeareopportunitiesmindboggling.innumberdigital,corporate,pharmacywellnessdistribution,supplyretail,internships,includingingrocerymanufacturing,chainandhealthandpositions(thinkandclinics),technology,anddelivery.TheofopportunitiestheirfamilyofstoresisAmazon—thethereendlessandcaninnovative,andforgetBestBuy.areheretoandrevolveattheoflight.Thinkofimprovement.youliketoolsandinterest—looktoandTheHomeDiningandanyone?Doadiveintoallofthe possibilities.Checkout the corporate websites for employment and team member benefits. Now, take all the above endless,TheTemecula,Partners,aimaginedassistance.cultureconcerns,concerns,shipping),partnersendless,retail.companiesconsidertimemoreemployeesInandprovidecompaniesbusiness.howfromtheirprofessional,clerkallandreferredcompanies,howpositionscorporateandconsidermanyofoursmallaffectionallytoas“mompops”,mustbeoftheabove,fromtotechnologyandhowemployeeslearnthegrounduptorunasuccessfulSmallerstruggletofortheirfamiliestheiremployees.smalleroperations,becomelikefamilyovertheworkingtogether.ThenoneshouldtheancillarythatsupportAgain,thelistissupply-chain(truckingandlogisticaltechnologyandevenanddiversityWouldyoueverhaveanecessityforcompanylikeCulturelocatedinCalifornia?possibilitiesareandeducation coupled with hard work and a plan can turn any job into a career. Many employers provide the education needed (or assist in educational needs) and look for upwardly mobile team members.Anecdotally, my nephew supplemented his income as a teenager by selling shoes in a local Sparks, Nevada store. That entity was sold to another company, and he moved several times up through the ranks and lived in many states in his career. He is now the Senior DirectorMarketing Operations and is muchnarrowlookingandretailtookopportunities1992.managerstartedOwens.byheDollarretirementlocatedpermanentlyinNewYork.Thenthere’sthenewsoftheGeneralCEO,isbeingreplacedtheCOO,JefferyJefferyOwensoutasastoretraineeinHeobviouslysawandthem.Whenyouthinkofjobsasstockersclerks,youarethroughaveryvision.Retailissomore. ■
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what the retail industry already knew; the retail experience is changing, and we need an education system that is preparing students to embrace and thrive in tomorrow’s challenges. Retail employees need to know more than basic math and writing; they need the skills to adapt to new technology, new ways of connecting with customers and navigating their future in an industry that provides so much more than just a job.Not too many years ago the “smartest” tool in the store was the cash register. Fast forward to 2022, and retail employees are now Bryan Wachter “connected” from the moment they clock in. Retail team members are equipped with handheld devices to help customers find products inside thestore and to list out the items that need to be gathered for the car-side pickup order. The retail employee is likely no longer working the cash register and is, instead, helping customers to navigate the technology of the self-checkoutTechnologymachines.ishere to stay in the retail experience, and not only do our retail employees need to be proficient, but they also need to be comfortable adapting to ongoing changes in tech. We’re already seeing the early days of in-store automation and even deliveries by drone. In addition to technology, retail employees today need to be equipped to work with customers and coworkers from very diverse backgrounds, and that is going to increase from here. The toimmensetoretailtoeconomyNevada’scommunicationoftoemployeestosystemandmostfrontemployeesshowedpandemicusthatretailareonthelinesoftoday’semotionalissues,oureducationisdoinglittlepreparethem.Retailwillneedbecomemastersinterpersonalasdiversecontinuesgrow.Finally,tomorrow’semployeesneedknowthatthereareopportunitiesturnaretailjobintoa career in retail. Retailers know that to attract and retain talent,
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they need to provide opportunities for career advancement. Big retailers have opportunities in areas like them.opportunitiesandstudentstobuttomorrow’ssoeconomy.successfulourneedinwritewithmustand,ourisretailopportunitiesembracehowemployeesarebusinessentrepreneurshipsmallchaintechnologyemergingorsupplymanagement,andretailerscanteachandmanagement.Ourretailemployersheretohelp,butmustlearntoseekoutandthelimitlessintheindustry.Somuchattentiongiventothefailingsineducationsystem,yes,ourstudentsbegraduatingtheabilitytoread,anddomath,butadditiontothat,wetobeeducatingstudentstobeintomorrow’sRetailpresentsmanyoptionsforworkforce,itisourresponsibilityensurethesearepreparedreadytoseizethebefore ■
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National Retail Federation Says Economy is Strong Enough to Keep a Recession at Bay Despite Two Quarters of Decline DESPITE DECLINE,QUARTERSCONSECUTIVETWOOFTHE U.S. economy still does not appear to be in a recession and remains unlikely to enter one this year, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said declinedgrossReview,ofcamelivedrecessionwithisstrengthweongoingrecessionpaceisisKleinhenzwithistheintomomentumtherecession,heightenedcontractions“Back-to-backtoday.havefearofabutwhileeconomyhaslostheadingthesecondhalfofyear,economicdatanotyetconsistentatypicalrecession,”said.“Ourviewthatwhiletheeconomyfunctioningatasloweritislikelytoavoidathisyear.Despiteuncertainties,believetheunderlyingoftheeconomystrongenoughtodealinflationandkeepaatbay–orshort-evenifwearewrong.”Kleinhenz’sremarksintheAugustissueNRF’sMonthlyEconomicwhichnotedthatdomesticproduct1.6percent
year over year in the first quarter and 0.9 percent in the second quarter. Two consecutive quarters of decline is a common informal indicator of a recession, but the official declaration is up to the National Bureau of Economic Research, which defines a recession as a significant decline spread across the economy. The bureau has yet to rule on whether the current downturn meets that definition.Evenwith two quarters of GDP decline, private final sales to domestic purchasers – a key measurement of both consumer and business spending – remained in positive territory for the first half of the year, up 3 percent in the first quarter and flat in the second, the MER report said. Other indicators wouldonsetthathaveslowerproductionincomeemployment,includingretailsales,andindustrialhaveseengrowth,butnonecontracted.Acriticalindicatorcouldsignaltheofarecessionbeasignificant
downturn in employment, Kleinhenz said. But the unemployment rate stood at 3.6 percent in June, nearly half a percentage point lower than the beginning of the year and only slightly above the 50year pre-pandemic low of 3.5 percent seen in JanuaryMeanwhile,2020. payrolls grew at an average monthly rate of 539,000 in the first quarter and 375,000 in the second quarter. And retail sales as defined by NRF – excluding automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants to focus on core retail – were up 7 percent year over year in the first six months of the year. Even though economic indicators remain strong, Kleinhenz said “it is now clear that the world has changed” since the beginning of the year, citing factors that could not be anticipated earlier including the persistence of COVID-19, continuing supply chain challenges, the ongoing war in Ukraine and other issues that have driven the highest inflation rates in 40 years. With the economy “clearly
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most recent meeting in Reno on July 13-14th, 2022. This meeting was also available to participants virtually. The Board heard and passed LCB File R119-21 regarding a secondary language on the prescription label for medication direction. I had a conversation with Assemblywoman BenitezThompson the following day regarding her pulling the section legislativeduringthisindustrysheofficethoughSheaccommodatethecircumstancesregardingwherebottlewouldnotthischange.assuredmethat,evenshewillnotbeinduetotermlimits,willworkwiththetomakesurethatwouldbeaddressedtheupconingsession.
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This regulation will now go through the Legislative Commission for final approval. She stated she understood my concerns with the regulation having no exception for a pharmacist to comply with the requirements if there were circumstances where this would not fit on the label.The Retail Association of Nevada will be working with the Assemblywoman during the upcoming session to modify the statute to address concerns that the industry has with the current language.TheBoard also adopted LCB File R051-22 regarding reporting to the Board any convictions or administrative actions upon a finding of guilt. This will have to be heard at the next Legislative Commission for final adoption before becoming law. The Board will also be considering language to allow Planned Parenthood to place vending machines in their facilities that dispense contraceptives to address concerns regarding access to these medications.TheBoard heard testimony from the organization involving the placement of these vending machines in the university setting. RAN did not take a position on this issue; however, there Liz MacMenamin are concerns that the current requirements for a pharmacist to dispense these medications, including a lengthy assessment of a patient and their health records. This does not seem to be the case with the vending machines that were being discussed. RAN would like to be certain that there is some type of provider/patient relationship before dispensing these medications. At the least, they should be held to the same standards that a pharmacy is held to in the dispensing process. These medications are still considered dangerous drugs, and there will be health circumstances that would prohibit certain patients from using these medications.Ifyouhave any questions, please contact Liz MacMenamin at lizm@ rannv.org. ■ outlook” and continues to expect that 2022 retail sales will grow between 6 percent and 8 percent over`“At2021.this juncture, the key concern remains inflation and the Fed’s policy moves to contain it,” Kleinhenz said. “As the central bank attempts to adjust monetary policy, it faces the dangers of continued inflation if it doesn’t do enough and a recession if it goes too far. Consumer reaction to interest rate hikes is hardly immediate or predictable, making it impossible to judge the effect of the Fed’s reactions in real time and quickly correct any oversteering.”
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The State of Nevada has awarded $30 million in Community Recovery Grants, funded by the American Rescue Plan, that are providing support to the community following the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs targeted five critical areas: investing in schools that prepare all children for success; solidifying a healthy state for all Nevadans; providing good jobs for a diverse, vibrant and sustainable workforce; supporting families with access to quality and affordable child care; and strengthening secure housing for all who call Nevada home. A full list of recipients is available at https://gov.nv.gov.NevadaGovernor’sOffice Release NEVADAPUBLICBOARDCANNABISDELAYSACTIONONEVENTS
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Some prominent Nevada Republicans are speaking out in support of the reelection of Democratic Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. More than a dozen leaders, led by former Nevada GOP Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian and former Senate GOP Majority Leader Michael Roberson. The group is opposing Republican candidate Sigal Chattah who defeated Republican Tisha Black in the primary election. as Vegas
Nevada’s trucking industry and, in turn, Nevada’s supply chain is being challenged by a 2019 state law that came into effect when the courts allowed the injunction to expire. The new law imposes stricter rules for engaging independent or contract workers, who make up a majority of the trucking industry. Truck drivers, who like the independence to set their own hours and schedules, will now be regulated by the companies they drive for who will be required to monitor and pay additionalunemploymentovertime,andinsurance as if they were employees. This is already putting pressure on years.worsethatunderstaffedanindustryispredictedtogetinthecoming KOLO Reno
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Joey Gilbert has reiterated, nearly two months after the Nevada Primary, that he will “never” concede the gubernatorial election. Gilbert continues to voice concerns for election security and cites the election was illegally conducted. Gilbert has already paid for a statewide recount and has filed a lawsuit in Carson City. In a video, Gilbert claims, “I only not only won the election against Joe Lombardo, but I won it in a landslide.” Vegas
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Clark County Judge Joe Hardy has ruled that the ACLU of Nevada can proceed in their legal action to require the Nevada Board of Pharmacy to remove cannabis from the state’s list of Schedule 1 substances. ACLUNV is arguing that this classification, which indicates a product has no medical use and cannot be safely distributed, is in conflict with Nevada’s voterapproved medical marijuana laws.
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CNBC APPAREL PRICES INCREASEMARKDOWNSDESPITE Even though retailers like Walmart, Target, and Gap aggressively slashed prices to clear out excess inventory, American shoppers are spending more to update their wardrobes. Sales and prices are also topping last year’sAccordinglevels. to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index, apparel prices are up 0.8% in June compared to May of this year and 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. According to the NPD Group, while clothing sales have increased in price, volumes are down by about 8% compared to the same period last year.
Retail TouchPoints AMAZON PRIME DAY INCREASED WEB SALES BY 8.5% TO $11.9 BILLION Adobe Inc. reported that online spending in the United States rose by 8.5% to $11.9 billion during Amazon’s two-day Prime Day sale. The promotion helped boost traffic to competitor’s e-commerce sites like Walmart.com and Target.com, which also held sales during the event. Amazon sold over 300 million products in only two days—a record for the online retail giant. Average basket size was $55.26, and bestselling items include diapers, beauty products, and Apple watches. Bloomberg WALMART OFFERS MORE APPAREL AND HOME BRANDS TO OFFSET INFLATION
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Walmart is introducing more fashion-forward labels such as Scoop and Free Assembly, added national brands like Reebok and Justice, and launched a new store design in an attempt to boost the sales of discretionary items. After disappointing first quarter profits, the big box retailer’s goal to sell more higher-margin items became more urgent. CEO Doug McMillon said Walmart’s range of fashion and home brands will help it survive a period of inflation.
Heyward Donigan, CEO of Rite Aid, is looking to modernize the company’s 60-year-old retail pharmacy business by creating apothecary-stylesmaller,stores in underserved communities. The goal is to improve access to pharmacists and make them available to all clients, 24/7. The company hopes to add additional pharmacists and improve their interface to allow videoDonigancalls. said that “being a pharmacymodernmeans that we need to deliver service in the most convenient manner for our customers.”
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Walmart has integrated its InHome Delivery Service, which delivers groceries to customers’ refrigerators, into its Walmart+ online membership program. InHome is available in locations such as Miami, Dallas, San Francisco, Florida, and Texas. This nearly doubles the service’s geographicSubscriberscoverage.whouse the InHome service allow a Walmart driver to enter their homes using a singleuse code while they are away. Workers will place the customer’s groceries in the refrigerator or other places in the kitchen. Walmart employees wear a vest-mounted camera to capture the delivery procedure, and customers can view the footage for up to a Walmartweek.is continuing to modernize and boost delivery options as retailers strive to establish deeper connections with customers. Grocery Dive THE HOME DEPOT ROLLS OUT 125,000 MOBILE DEVICES TO STORE ASSOCIATES To improve both the employee and customer experience, The Home Depot is distributing 125,000 new hdPhones to upgrade
“The business community isn’t opposed to raising taxes for education; we are opposed to bad tax policy that wastes tax dollars and doesn’t fix problems.”
By Bryan Wachter that future. In a prepandemic study, the Clark County School District (CCSD) was rated second-worst by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce for school quality among the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas. CCSD is graduating more than 85% of the students who walk through their doors, but less than one quarter of our students are graduating college ready with proficiency in math and English. These graduates are not ready for the workforce, and they are going to fall further behind as proficiency with technology becomes a required skill in every workplace.Business is invested in our workforce, but before we talk about funding, we must have accountability. As it currently stands, education is the state’s second-largest budget and is more than $14 billion dollars for the biennium. This is not a small amount of taxpayer’s money, and it deserves transparency and accountability. Now every time the Nevada Legislature adds more funding to address a problem, we never go back and review whether the problem was improved, let alone, solved. Instead, the Legislature is told, that the problems still exist, and more money will fix it this time. Now we have a tangled mess of problems and budget allocations and no plan to measure success. If we are truly focused on our customers, our students, this must change. With accountability, we can have a conversation about raising taxes. The business community isn’t opposed to raising taxes for education; we are opposed to bad tax policy that wastes tax dollars and doesn’t fix problems.Thefirst problem is the partisan showdown that gives little regard to issues, concerns, or, God forbid, ideas from the minority party. The second problem is a lack of faith that raising taxes for education actually results in more funding for education. In reality, all that takes place is a shell game. New education dollars mean that old education dollars can be moved to non-education budgets. I truly believe we must do better for our future workforce, and to do better we need collaboration and good tax policy. ourtogethersoandembraceallaafterthrowingmeanNevada,tobusinessesNevada’scan’taffordignoreeducationinbutthatdoesn’twesupportgoodmoneybad.Weneedcommitmentfromelectedofficialstoaccountabilityinvitecollaborationwecanallworkforthefutureofworkforce.
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THE FUNDINGCENTEREDPUPIL-NEW Plan is going to have a huge impact on Nevada families. It is something that is long overdue and the culmination of a concerted legislative effort with roots dating back decades. We all may have our differences regarding the direction of education, but we all want education itself to be adequately and sustainably funded for students today and through future the cost per pupil of administration and support services, along with a wealth adjustment based on each district’s ability to generate revenue. The Plan did not differentiate for studentspecific characteristics, but other “Categorical” funding streams were generated for class-size reduction, career and technical education, English learners, and other programs. Special education funding was also funded outside of the basic support amount in the Plan. During the 2019 Legislative Session, legislators passed Senate Bill 543, a significant step in changing the Nevada Plan and Categorical funding formulas to the Pupil-Centered Funding Plan, localcontainingStateplanPupil-Centered2021-2023studentsforweightedencompassingstudentfundingeachpopulationofforthefirsttime.AsofthestartoftheBiennium,ourFundinghasestablishedaEducationFundallstateandrevenueforK-12, a Stabilization Account to receive ending fund balances from school districts, and a directive to determine state-wide base pupil funding amounts each fiscal year after appropriation to the TheFund.revised formula will lead to an education system with funding that follows each student, resulting in a more equitable, innovative, and transparent system. It will also support better academic outcomes for our diverse student population.Duringthe 2021 Legislative Session, additional legislation was passed to replace the old Nevada plan outright with the PupilCentered Funding Plan. It improved the existing framework by appropriating $2.62 billion from the State General Fund, as well as authorizing
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Due to the ongoing staff shortage, the Washoe County School District has announced that they will continue rotating bus service to make the most of their limited resources. Bus routes are suspended on a rotating basis throughout the district’s five service areas, leaving families t o arrange alternate transportation during the one-week period with no coverage. Students in remote areas will not be affected, nor will buses designated for special education, which is required by federal law. Gazette-Journal
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Several Clark County schools will be starting earlier this year as the district finds creative solutions to staffing shortages. By changing start times, CCSD is hoping to optimize bus routes to maximize resources. Some families and students are raising concerns that earlier start times may cut into much needed sleep for students.
l Phoenix: The Maricopa officialstheirconferencetheseonteamorganizedtheftcrackingAttorney’sCountyOfficeisdownonretailandiscreatinganretailtheftthatwillfocusprosecutionofcrimes.Inapressannouncingcommitment,notedthatmany perpetrators are coming to Phoenix from Las Vegas, and there is no limit for prosecuting shoplifting in Maricopa County, unlike Nevada or California.
This year families will be spending 2.5% more, thanks to electronics. In total, Nevadans will spend about $491 million. Many families are noting higher prices, and 38% are saying they have had to cut back on spending to meet their back-to-school budgets. “Back-to school-shopping is a necessity for Nevada families of school-age children, and this year more families are cutting spending or relying on financing options to make sure their kids have everything they need to learn,” said Bryan Wachter, Senior Vice President of RAN. “Spending on school-related electronics surged during the to back-toCOUNTY SCHOOL BUSES TO ROTATE SERVICE AREAS
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l National: Citing an increase in organized retail crime, Walgreens and Rite Aid are closing some stores and locking up more products, like Old Spice, Colgate and Dawn, to prevent theft.
“There will be no threshold set below which we won’t prosecute,” said Interim County Attorney Rachel Mitchell.
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l National: US Chamber of Commerce has launched a campaign to call on Congress to take action on the increasing organized retail theft, calling it a fromonlyemergency”“nationalforretailersbeginningtorecoverthepandemic.
l San Francisco: San Francisco Police reported the conclusion of a 4-month investigation resulting in the seizure of nearly $200,000 in stolen goods, including over-thecounter medications that were being sold on online marketplaces, like Amazon and Facebook (reported by Reno Fox 11)
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