In 1975 the Swanson family purchased a 2,000-square-foot store in Escalon, a town of 7,000 in San Joaquin County, about 100 miles east of San Francisco. That first store had been an important part of the city since the mid-1940s. Later in 1975, they moved into...
Please join us on November 14, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. for a complimentary webinar hosted by Frances M. K. Hernandez, a Labor and Employment attorney at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP. This webinar will provide critical information regarding the dangers of California’s...
Over the last several years, PAGA lawsuits have garnered much more attention among California employers, and for good reason. PAGA lawsuits can result in substantial penalties against employers, and can be very costly to defend. The Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), codified in Labor Code §§...
Diana Newton has been elected to the board of directors for Do it Best Corp., an international home improvement co-op, the company announced at the end of October. Newton was formally elected to the co-op’s board of directors at its annual fall market in Indianapolis. Based...
A direct result of Lowe’s announcing it was closing Orchard Supply Hardware in February of 2018 was the sudden availability of over 2,000,000 square feet of retail space. Westlake Ace (Ace Retail Holdings) and CNRG (Tyndale Advisors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orgill, Inc.) are taking...
Kelly-Moore is an early CRHWA supporter. We're proud to feature the company and its products in the MarketPlace. We asked if they would give us some history of the company and tips for our readers. Here you go: What's the Kelly-Moore Mission? To provide high quality, innovative...
Diana Newton, owner/operator of Bay Hardware and Lunada Bay Hardware, won the North American Retail Hardware Association's Young Retailer of the Year Award in 2018....
California's Fair Pay Act became effective on January 1, 2016, and over the past couple of years, it's been expanded and refined. Human Resource Advisors offers employers the information they need to know to be in compliance....
Retailers should be aware of AB161, a bill making its way through the California legislature that aims to make e-receipts the default option. As with most things in the legislative body, opinions are varied and passionate. Susan Shelley, writing in the Los Angeles Daily News, calls AB161...
By Anthony Marks, Council at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner This article was originally published in Forbes. In the landmark decision of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, No. S222732 (Cal. Sup. Ct. Apr. 30, 2018), the California Supreme Court unanimously announced a new...