Press

06/02/22

SparkPlug Announces Integration and Collaboration with Square, Launching the First Sales Incentive Tool for Frontline Workers

SparkPlug, the leading employee incentive management platform for frontline workers, today announced a collaboration and integration with Square, the globally trusted software, payments and hardware company.

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05/26/22

How QSR Customer Loyalty Programs are Transforming into Digital Experiences.

We believe you can't deliver a winning customer experience without prioritizing your employee experience first.

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05/25/22

New Hospitality Workplace Survey Reveals Key Motivators, Factors Behind Positive Employee Sentiment

The report reveals nearly 1 in 5 servers find that their hourly wage is "not motivating at all"

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05/12/22

A+ Ideas for Back to School Promotions

According to the Census Bureau, in-store shopping is back up to pre-pandemic levels with 81 percent of sales taking place in-store and only 13 percent occurring online.

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05/04/22

Amazon warehouse workers vote against joining union

While tech workers make much more than a factory worker on an absolute basis, they’re making a similarly small proportion of the revenue their employers generate, and unions help to balance that out

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05/03/22

Back to School & Patriotic Procut Essentials

Rising inflation has caused a lot of retailers to worry as they approach Back to School season.

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04/22/22

Starbucks unionization efforts in the Valley and around the US differ from organizing of the past

Is unionization the new wave of America's labor movement? Sparkplug CEO, Andrew Duffy, shares his projections for the future with Brandon Brown of Phoenix Business Journal. Find out what he had to say in the article below.

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04/22/22

Union efforts are on the rise. Here's what businesses need to know.

In the Covid-19 era, employees have considerable leverage and unionization efforts are on the rise — illustrated by high-profile cases at Starbucks and Amazon. Here's what employers need to know.

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04/18/22

Andrew Duffy of SparkPlug on the Labor Shortage & the 5 Things we Must do to Attract & Retain Great Talent

SparkPlug CEO Andrew Duffy shares insights regarding the Labor Shortage as part of Authority Magazine's series "The Labor Shortage & The 5 Things We Must Do To Attract & Retain Great Talent".

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04/13/22

Another Wrinkle to Great Resignation 'Ghosting' by Employees

Employers have the power to stop this trend – and simultaneously revitalize their businesses – by treating employees as essential rather than disposable.

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04/07/22

Expert: Amazon Unionization Unlikely to Alter Labor Movement

The rebirth of the labor movement will require one hell of an obstetrician — the federal government. Without moral, legislative and judicial support to protect worker groups, particularly fledgling ones like the Amazon Labor Union, corporations will continue to obstruct future formations

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03/30/22

Nike's Interactive Manufacturing Map is a Poor Example of Corporate Transparency

If market leaders like Nike are struggling to make it happen, it’s a signal to brands everywhere that they need to take serious, practical steps of their own or risk whiffing on their well-publicized sustainability goals

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