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After two decades of selling furniture online, Wayfair opened its first physical store in Chicago. Out in the northern Chicago suburbs, a new 150,0000-square-foot behemoth of a home goods store is giving Ikea a run for its money. The towering white and purple building, opened in late May and designed by the architecture firm Gensler, is Wayfair’s first large-format brick-and-mortar store.

If you want a new EV and happen to have the money, a Dutch company will take a classic Porsche and convert it to a bespoke electric car. From the outside, this new car looks like an iconic Porsche that Steve McQueen drove in the 1960s. Inside, it’s fully electric, with batteries snugly added into the front and back of the tiny car.

To fill a need for plumbers, electricians, and other roles, businesses are getting creative with their recruiting—and offering a stable career path for those without a 4-year college degree. Ted Glaser hadn’t intended to start a lawn care company. For him, mowing lawns was a way to pay for college and have some spending money.

Goodwill’s Clean Tech Accelerator is training workers in Detroit, Atlanta, Houston, and Nashville for a range of green jobs. It plans to expand across the country. Near downtown Detroit, next to a warehouse where the local Goodwill processes donations, the nonprofit now has EV charging stations—and a class of students learning how to maintain them.

If you’re looking for a new role, here are the questions your references will likely get asked, so you can pick the right person for the job. References are critical for job seekers. The best person to ask for that endorsement is your current boss. But that’s not always possible—particularly if you’re keeping your search private.

A team of HR experts wanted to know if AI would enhance their work—or take their jobs. They tested several iterations of ChatGPT and then built their own version. In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, businesses are continually faced with the question: Will AI enhance our capabilities or threaten our existence (or both!)?