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 ...

Working in retail can be hell. The hours are long. The work is dull. Your pay is sub-par. You’re lucky if you get any support ...

For decades, retail’s workforce strategy has revolved around one constant: people. Associates stocked shelves, answered ...

As retailers continue to announce layoffs, the number of job cuts in the industry spiked more than 2,800% in December, from 110 positions in 2023 to 3,283 in 2024, according to a Challenger, Gray & ...

I started working in the world of retail and customer service when I was about 12, when my parents decided to buy their first hardware store. When I went to college, I got a job at a big-box ...

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, ...

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 ...

Retailer employees and factory workers have warned shoppers about the 'gross' reason they should always wash their newly ...

‘Don’t regulate flexible work out of existence’, retail industry warns - Last week, ministers laid out details for proposals ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Modern retail work can be a surprisingly physical job. Walmart's chief financial officer, John David ...