Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:SHLD) said Friday it will close another 43 stores, mostly Kmart locations, as it continues to wrestle with a sharp decline in sales. The company will shutter eight Sears and 35 Kmart stores that are unprofitable, CEO Eddie Lampert wrote in a blog post. Sears had already announced this year that 265 stores would close.
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United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is offering weekly retention bonuses to package handlers hired in 2017. Workers can get a $150-per-week bonus if they were hired this year to work in UPS's Second-Day Air operation or hired after March 13 to work in the company's Ohio Valley District ground operation. The bonus increases to $200 this fall and also applies to workers hired on or after Oct. 1 to work in the UPS Next-Day Air operation. Eligible employees must work each scheduled day in a given week to receive that week’s bonus. The many distribution companies in the Louisville area face strong competition in finding and keeping workers, especially during the busy holiday period. Just yesterday,