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Smile, You're On Body Camera: TJ Maxx To Equip Employees To Fight Shoplifting
To fight the recent rise in shoplifting and retail theft, shoppers could see store security employees wearing body-worn cameras to help catch thieves red-handed.
TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Serria, HomeSense, and HomeGoods, said will begin equipping some employees with body-worn cameras similar to those worn by police, the Boston Globe reported. The company started testing the initiative last year.
The company operates nearly 3,400 stores nationwide.
A call to the Framingham, Massachusetts, headquarters of TJX for comment was not immediately r…
Dumont Hardware Owner Closing Up Shop Reflects On 78 Years Of Business
Bill Salisbury was just a kid when he began working at Dumont Hardware.
His father, Harry, opened the store in 1946, and when he turned 12 , Salisbury would come in on weekends to help clean the place.
As he wiped down the windows and swept the floors, Salisbury would listen in on the conversations between the electricians, plumbers, and painters who came for supplies.
Over the years, Salisbury gleaned enough insight to fix just about anything, and by 19, he was working at the 33 Dumont Ave. store full-time, in lieu of earning a degree at the Parsons School of Design.
These day…
Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a family who owns a Bergen County clothing store to rethink business.
Advance Apparels owners Akash, Prithvi and Manju Bajaj have had experience with authentic Indian garments even before opening the South Hackensack store in 2001.
“My father at the time was working at MetLife but leveraged his experience managing clothing factories from his time in India to start a clothing brand on the side,” Akash, 27, told Daily Voice.
For years, Akash, his father, Prithvi, and his mother, Manju, had a routine that worked: they’d spend the first several month…
Paramus Neiman Marcus Among 17 Closing Across U.S.
Neiman Marcus has announced the closure of four department stores and 17 of its "Last Call" locations across the U.S. including one in Paramus.
The luxury department store chain filed for bankruptcy in May.
The Paramus store at Bergen Town Center, the 16 other markdown stores and the four department stores are expected to close by the fall of this year.
The other "Last Call" locations closing are in New York, Florida, Washington, California, Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland and Nevada.
“As part of our Chapter 11 proceedings, we provided to the court a list of Neiman Marcus st…
Ramsey Bike Store Owner, 92, Closes Shop After 44 Years
After more than four decades in business, the 92-year-old owner of a popular bike store in Ramsey is closing up shop, reports say.
Andre Hartmann has owned Ramsey Bike and Ski for 44 years, NorthJersey.com reports.
The shop quickly expanded to sell bicycles as well, since skiing season alone was too short.
Hartmann and his wife, Margrit, also opened up shops in Greenwich Village, Brooklyn Heights and Colt’s Neck.
The store in Ramsey, meanwhile, relocated twice, starting at 19 E. Main St. in 1976, moving down the road to 150 E. Main and currently residing at 44A E. Main.
Hartmann, a …
