Modern retail work can be a surprisingly physical job ... while a few endorsed $10 running shoes from Walmart. It's unclear which direction these numbers are trending, given that fitness trackers ...

"It's running everyone into the ground ... Is this all a stopgap before automation? Retail workers' jobs are increasingly seen as prime targets for automation. From burger flipping and taking ...

Retail workers are already facing an uncertain future ... you'll start to see a dramatic change in sort of how machines run the world," Greg Creed, CEO of Yum Brands, told CNBC.

That changed during the pandemic, when workers began leaving the retail industry. Older people and other vulnerable workers retired early or otherwise left customer-facing jobs in retail to ...

More retail workers than police officers are killed in homicides on the job. In 2017, 94 people working in sales and similar jobs were killed at work in homicides, according to Bureau of Labor ...