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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Deep within the Bureau of Labor Statistics otherwise strong ...

Retail work in 2026 is in the middle of a major transformation, shaped by automation, shifting demographics, and new hiring challenges. Wages are rising, but so are expectations for skills and ...

I started working in retail as a teen; my job made me hate the holiday season. Hearing the same music on repeat from as early as September and working on Black Friday were awful. Now that I no longer ...

Retail is hiring again. Slow and steady. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 175,000 in April, with the unemployment at 3.9 percent. Employment in the retail trade continued to trend up in April, ...

October’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey came out Tuesday morning — more delayed data from the government shutdown — and it showed a mixed picture. The good news is job openings climbed to a ...

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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 ...

Challenger said closures drove 32% of January’s job cuts across sectors, followed by restructuring efforts, which were responsible for 25%. “January was relatively quiet in terms of job cut ...

Modern retail work can be a surprisingly physical job. Walmart's chief financial officer, John David Rainey, said in June that warehouse workers walked "up to 10 miles a day" and lifted thousands of ...

Retail work in the age of e-commerce and curbside pickup can be surprisingly physical. Whether they're picking orders or restocking shelves, workers' daily steps add up quickly. Target workers say ...