The ongoing fight for talent in the retail industry appears to be kicking into higher gear. Bloomberg News’s Matthew Boyle wrote that Walmart Inc. has surveyed workers about whether perks such as child-care services or gym memberships would be “meaningful” to new hires. It’s just the latest example of a growing focus on the workforce. J.C. Penney Co. is reportedly ...

With the European Union summit in Salzburg this week viewed in the UK as a failure for Theresa May’s Brexit plan, the UK prime minister felt the need to issue a clarifying statement. In it, May did what she always does in negotiations: She doubled down. It was a statement for two different audiences. Her message to Europe was simple: ...

There’s a new breed of spender in charge of China’s wallets, and it’s not crazy rich Asians. The rise of Pinduoduo Inc. and the decline of JD.com Inc. are good proxies for this shift. Founded three years ago, the e-commerce site Pinduoduo processed 262 billion yuan of transactions in the second quarter, just 40 percent shy of JD’s gross merchandise ...