Although employer hiring rebounded in the third quarter of the year, retail job openings are down 9% compared to 2019 and that could be bad news for many jobseekers who were looking for seasonal openings for these types of sales positions. According to ICIMS’ October Snapshot Report, overall hiring in Q3 painted a more optimistic […]
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Retail Imports Drop to Four-Year Low as Stores Struggle in Pandemic
Imports at major U.S. retail container ports during 2020 are expected to see their lowest total in four years as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. economy continues, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “The economy is recovering but retailers […]
148 Million People to Shop on Saturday Before Christmas
Super Saturday continues to be the biggest shopping day of the year with an estimated 147.8 million U.S. consumers expected to participate, up from 134.3 million last year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. “While many people started holiday shopping early, those who waited […]
Data Says Small Stores Still Beat the Internet in Retail Sales
Conventional wisdom says brick-and-mortar stores cannot compete with e-commerce in this age of all things digital. But take heart, small retailers; the data says otherwise. According to an analysis by SCORE, a nonprofit small business advocate, small retailers far outnumber their larger competitors, offer experiences you cannot get online and are preferred by consumers to […]
Online Retail Still Needs Brick-and-Mortar Stores
The explosion of online shopping makes it seem like brick-and-mortar stores are going the way of phone booths and milk deliveries. Not so, suggests Bryan Gonterman , vice president and general manager of AT&T New York/New Jersey Market. In his keynote address at NJBIA’s Small Business Summit today, Gonterman encouraged retailers to think about their […]