Over 80,000 foreign nationals work part-time in Japan's three major convenience store chains, data collected by Kyodo News showed Wednesday, in a trend likely to continue amid labor shortages from an aging population. Foreign workers now represent around 10 percent of the part-time labor force across branches of Seven-Eleven Japan
ETF Store Inc. increased its stake in shares of The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG – Free Report) by 3.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,194 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 66 shares […]
Two people suspected of stealing Bronze Age gold artefacts from a museum in Cambridgeshire were filmed on CCTV released by police. A golden torc and a gold bracelet were taken from Ely Museum on Tuesday, 7 May between midnight and 2am. The items are dated back to around 3,000 years ago. Images showed two people in hooded tops climbing through a window at the museum. Footage from a second camera shows two people rushing past, then returning in the opposite direction, one of them apparently...
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Two men charged in a burglary spree of two East Bay Apple Stores are set to appear in court on May 20 for their pretrial hearings, according to Alameda County Court records. The 23-year-old man and 28-year-old man are accused of being involved in organized retail thefts of Apple Stores in Berkeley and Emeryville between Nov. 27, 2023, and Feb. 7, 2024, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said in a Feb. 16 news release. Emeryville police arrested the 23-year-old on Feb. 7 along with two...
York Regional Police say they have laid more than 280 charges against a single suspect as part of an ongoing investigation into retail thefts in Ontario. Police said they began investigating a suspect in January in connection with 45 thefts involving more than $88,000 worth of stolen merchandise. The investigation was led by YRP’s Special Enforcement Team (SET), in cooperation with the LCBO's Resource Protection Unit. Police said the investigation culminated in the arrest of the suspect,...
Four people wearing all-white masks and black clothing took $5,000 worth of merchandise, police said.
Zomato-owned quick-commerce platform Blinkit is inching towards profitability, reporting positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) for the month of March, the company said on Monday.The company plans to have 1,000 dark stores, or micro warehouses from where the platform delivers goods, by March 2025, aiming to increase its penetration in cities such as Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad.The company defines adjusted Ebitda for its quick-commerce...
Aldi has submitted applications for a new food store in Sheffield, with plans including significant investment in a popular cycle route. The proposed new food store would be built on land off Penistone Road North, Herries Road and Herries Road South, close to Hillsborough Stadium. In the application, the current Penistone Road cycleway has been replaced by a slip road, and current cycle space reduced to a shared footway - a concern raised by CycleSheffield. Aldi has highlighted that the plans,...
A MAJOR coffee chain with over 2,000 branches has shocked customers with the abrupt closure of one of its high street stores. Costa Coffee has brought the shutters down on its Rhyl branch in north
KDDI Corp. announced Monday that it has formed a capital and business alliance with U.S. drone manufacturer Skydio, Inc., whose drones it aims to deploy at 1,000 locations, including Lawson stores nationwide, within the next few years. The company plans to use the drones in corporate facility inspections and local governments’ disaster responses.
Ahmad Salaheddin Hassan, 38, of Opelousas, is charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, three counts of illegal possession of a firearm in the presence of drugs and one count of transactions involving proceeds from drug offenses.