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 ...

Amid bigger-than-expected U.S. job gains, grocery stores eked out narrow job growth in September as employment in the sector has plateaued since job losses in June. Food and beverage retailers added ...

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 ...