Though the industry was already transforming, the pandemic accelerated a change in how and where people shop, and many brick-and-mortar jobs were lost as a result. While the past year has been difficult for retailers and recruiters alike on a global scale, employment is looking up — 41,000 retail jobs were added in February 2021, and the industry has recovered 2 million of the 2.4 million jobs lost in March and April 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
