Shares of Dillard’s Inc. have soared more than 1,500% since April 2020. The company’s market value is similar to that of Macy’s Inc., even though Dillard’s has less than one-third of Macy’s annual revenue. 

The Little Rock, Ark., retailer has about 280 stores, most of which are in the South, and is one of the few department-store chains still run by its founding family. 

The chief executive and president—both sons of the company’s founder—visit stores weekly and know down to the item what is selling best in each location, people who have worked with them said. They have an old-school shopkeeper mentality that combines smart merchandising with shrewd financial management, according to the people and analysts. 

The Dillard family has instilled a sense of loyalty among staff, many of whom have been with the company for decades. Employees are encouraged to give customers personalized attention, which in turn keeps shoppers coming back, the people said. 

The skyrocketing share price plus two special $15-a-share dividends paid in December 2021 and January 2023 have enriched rank-and-file employees and swelled the value of the family’s holdings in the company. Stock buybacks have helped make the remaining shares more valuable.

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The climate law will put several hundred billion dollars’ worth of incentives into the economy designed to accelerate the energy transition and boost clean-energy supply chains in the U.S. The law followed an infrastructure spending package and incentives for domestic semiconductor manufacturing that are also expected to spur demand for labor and could end up pushing up total construction costs. 

“We’re definitely in a new era of industrial policy,” said Philip Jordan, vice president at BW Research, a firm that studies how policies will impact the economy and workforce. “We’re putting our finger on the scale in a much more aggressive way than we ever have before.” 

The impact of these policies differs from that of broad-based stimulus passed under the Trump and then Biden administrations in 2020 and 2021. Those packages raised demand across the board for goods and services. These latest policies are much smaller in total dollars, but also more focused, with their effects falling acutely on certain types of workers and products and in certain regions. 

“There’s not enough people to do all this,” said Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who argues the programs should have been spread out over a longer period. His state has attracted billions of dollars in investments from companies such as Norwegian firm Freyr Battery and Koch Industries Inc. since the climate law’s passage.  

To help address worker shortages, the law ties tax credits for renewable projects to the number of hours worked by apprentices. 

Product makers such as Schneider Electric SE are working to make simpler products and drive down installation times. The company has been investing tens of millions of dollars in expanding its product manufacturing in North America and partnering with trade associations on training programs for electricians who install them, said Michael Lotfy, senior vice president of power products. 

“We’re really trying to cope with the spike in demand that will happen,” he said. 

Read more: America Is Trying to Electrify. There Aren’t Enough Electricians. - WSJ 

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