Retail Sales Up 0.6% In Jun., Better Than Expected
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U.S. retail sales rebounded more than expected in June, suggesting a modest improvement in economic activity and giving the Federal Reserve cover to delay cutting interest rates while it gauges the inflation fallout from import tariffs.
Currently, the national mean salary for a retail sales worker is $26,520, which is noticeably higher than the U.S. average salary for all occupations, $51,960.
Wall Street's main indexes inched up on Thursday, supported by upbeat results from PepsiCo and strong economic data that pointed to a healthy consumer.
While U.S. nonfarm employers have added nearly 2 million jobs this year, retail has lost 71,000 jobs throughout 2017, with general merchandisers, clothing and accessories stores, food and beverage ...
Retail sales, a measure of spending at restaurants, stores and online, last month rose 0.7% to $625.4 billion, according to the Commerce Department. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting a ...
Retail workers represented the largest employment group in 2010, ... According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the work of a retail sales worker, ...
Retail sales jobs are disappearing, according to Wells Fargo analysts. ... Department stores, where 58% of the employees work in sales, are struggling.