NEW YORK (AP) — Retail stores are cutting jobs at the sharpest pace in more than seven years, evidence of a seemingly inexorable shift away from employee-heavy stores as Americans increasingly shop ...

Microsoft recently posted several job listings for its first two retail stores, which are set to open this fall in Mission Viejo, Calif. and Scottsdale, Ariz. These are mainly sales, customer service, ...

The retail job market continues to exhibit struggles, according to the most recent Challenger, Gray & Christmas data.

Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school purchases, ...

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 ...