As shopping on the web has expanded, retail jobs have represented a declining share of the labor market. They now account for 10.9 percent of jobs, compared with 11.6 percent in 2000, says Michael ...

Job cuts are surging in both retail and the broader market in the first half of the year. A total of 696,309 jobs were lost across all sectors through the end of May, an 80% jump over the same period ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As retail stores across the nation grapple with industry-wide security concerns, the recent rise in labor shortages is making it even harder for workers to maintain a safe ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics just reported that in ...

A counter-intuitive trend seems to be rippling through the retail industry. In the context of a relatively healthy (at worst lukewarm) economy at the moment, and in spite of a tight retail vacancy ...

That’s on top of meaningful cuts in December and comes as online shopping and automation have reshaped job skills, Challenger, Gray & Christmas found. Challenger said closures drove 32% of January’s ...