Retail

Walmart's Wisconsin employees received a total of $3 million in cash bonuses in late April as part of the company's response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Foot Locker Inc. informed state officials this week that it has placed 261 Wisconsin employees on temporary, unpaid furloughs, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced a new order Monday that will ease a few restrictions on nonessential businesses beginning Wednesday. 

Mequon could be the latest Milwaukee-area community to get an X-Golf indoor golf simulator.

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic came during what had already been turbulent times for the retail industry as e-commerce had increasingly replaced traditional brick-and-mortar, forcing many big box retailers to shut down.

Chicago-based Steelcase dealer Forward Space LLC plans to convert the former Paul Davis Restoration office building in Milwaukee's Harbor District into a new workspace and furniture showroom, the company announced Tuesday.

La Crosse-based gas station and convenience store operator Kwik Trip Inc. is continuing to grow its presence in southeastern Wisconsin with a new location planned in Whitewater.

When Marla Poytinger temporarily closed her bar-entertainment business last month due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, she needed to figure out a way to stay afloat while continuing to pay and provide health insurance for more than 60 employees.

As toilet paper disappeared from store shelves in mid-March, the price increases put in place by some stores may have tipped into illegal price gouging, according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

The Kroger Co., the parent company of Milwaukee grocery store operator Roundy’s Inc., will reduce the number of shoppers allowed inside each of its stores to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.