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This Is Retail: The Great Possibilities of a Career in Retailing

For the last year-plus, the National Retail Federation has sponsored a campaign called This is Retail: “Retail is about more than providing consumers with great products. In 2013, [we] introduced This is Retail to highlight the industry’s opportunities for life-long careers, … Continue reading

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How Do YOU See Yourself as an Employee? Take This Quiz

We’d all like to think that we are good employees — hardworking, productive, and so on. But are we really? Take this thought-provoking quiz from Careerealism and learn more about yourself. Be honest. 🙂      

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Online Retailing Through the Years

As we have reported before (see, for example: 1, 2), online retailing remains strong both in the United States and around the world. Here is an infographic from SnapParcel, an Ireland-based courier service, that looks at the evolution of E-commerce … Continue reading

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