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Hot Topic: Should retailers be required to install panic buttons for employees?

Plus, you weigh in on whether eating cereal for dinner is a good inflation-fighting strategy.
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TOPICS: Stores / Store Operations / Retail Safety & Compliance

Among the measures in a New York State Senate bill, the Retail Worker Safety Act, is a requirement for retailers with more than 50 employees to install panic buttons for employees in their stores as a safety measure.

You tell us: Do you support requiring stores with more than 50 employees to install panic buttons for workers? Cast your vote here.

Circling back: Last week, we told you about how Kellogg’s CEO Gary Pilnick said recently that one way to deal with the rising cost of groceries is for more families to eat cereal for dinner. So we asked if you though eating cereal for dinner was a viable response to inflation.

You were not bowled over by the notion, with 83.2% of you saying no, that you did not think eating cereal was a viable response to inflation, and just 16.8% of you thinking it was a good idea.

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Andrew Adam Newman

Andrew writes about brick and mortar stores with a focus on store design, retail marketing and brands, the resale industry, and more.

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