From increased innovation and profits to a better overall customer experience, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs can have a beneficial impact on retail businesses. But disparities in upper management, along with underlying racism that still exists in some store locations, show those efforts still have a long way to…
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Disney and Old Navy Among the Companies Welcoming ‘Black Santa’ This Holiday Season
For the first time in their 66-year history, Disney parks have welcomed a Black Santa into their annual holiday festivities. CNN’s Natasha Chen reported that “at both Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, a Black Santa has been spotted at certain…
Archived: JCPenney Provides Holiday Sales Performance Update
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (a DiversityInc Noteworthy Company) has announced that its comparable store sales for the combined nine-week period ending Dec. 30, 2017 increased 3.4 % over the same period last year. The Company also reaffirmed all components of its most recent full-year financial guidance for fiscal 2017. “We…