Due to changes in shopping habits, overhiring, poor growth predictions, economic conditions, and other direct and indirect forces, retail layoffs have been spreading through the industry, from online shops to big box stores. The layoffs have affected corporate...
At 6,163 store closures and counting, 2017 is already one of the worst years on record for closures at the six-month mark, second only to 2008 during the start of the Great Recession. However, 2017 is expected to breeze past that record and hit a new low for retail...
