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Amazon staff in Alabama to get second union election

Bloomberg A US federal labour official has ordered a new union election at an Amazon.com Inc warehouse in Alabama. After losing the first election in April, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union appealed the outcome to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), alleging that Amazon had intimidated workers and pressured them to cast votes in a mailbox the company ...

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Lululemon fires back at Peloton in feud over its clothing patents

Bloomberg Lululemon Athletica Inc sued Peloton Interactive Inc for patent infringement five days after the fitness bike company filed a preemptive suit against the clothing maker, as a dispute over a busted co-branding deal heats up in the booming home fitness space. Peloton “imitated several of Lululemon’s innovative designs and sold knockoffs of Lululemon’s products, claiming them as its own,” ...

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Flat Cyber Monday sales point to dull deals, shipping woes

Bloomberg Lackluster deals and scarce inventory kept Cyber Monday sales flat compared with a year ago, the latest indication that shoppers made purchases earlier in the season due to concerns about global shipping logjams. US shoppers spent $7.1 billion on Cyber Monday in New York, according to Adobe Inc. It’s too early to determine if Cyber Monday breaks last year’s ...

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