Retailers make sharp job cuts as consumers migrate online
Retail stores are cutting jobs at the sharpest pace in more than seven years, with 60,600 jobs eliminated in the past two months.
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Retail stores are cutting jobs at the sharpest pace in more than seven years, with 60,600 jobs eliminated in the past two months.
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