Retail Jobs

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You might imagine that a job at Victoria's Secret means days spent in satin push-ups and seven-inch heels, rolling around in flower petals, and rubbing up against dressing room walls, as a very controlled wind sweeps through your tousled locks. Unfortunately, Victoria's Secret is very much like any other ...

"Busy wives love the ease of shopping by phone," read a 1960s catalog for the country's biggest retailer. Sears can no longer lay claim to that title, and it discontinued its iconic catalog in 1993. But it remains a great American employer, with 3,447 openings last week alone. Sears has been slipping since ...

The New York Times has continued its expose of Apple's labor chain. Following its January report on horrific, and sometimes deadly, conditions at its Chinese factories, the paper last week turned its attention to a less obviously exploited workforce: the sales clerks and "geniuses" toiling in America's Apple ...

By Anne D'Innocenzio NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's largest retail trade group expects a solid 3.4 percent increase in sales this year, below last year's 4.7 percent increase as job woes weigh on shoppers. ...

While almost every industry has been cramped in the last few years, the dollar economy has been exploding. Dollar General has created more than 21,000 jobs since 2009, and just announced that it will open 625 stores and hire another 6,000 workers in the next 12 months, according to a press release. Dollar ...

By Beth Braccio Hering, Special to CareerBuilder For workers willing to put in the hours, the holiday season can be one of the most profitable times of the year. Check out these seven jobs and what you could earn from them: ...

Black Friday, the day that strikes terror into the hearts of retail employees across the nation, is upon us again, with its deep discounts, midnight store openings and lines of panting bargain-hunters poised to be the first through the door -- and to the cash register. So what's it like to work in a retail shop ...

By Steve Karnowski, Margery Beck and Anne D'Innocenzio MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Count your blessings, then get to work. That may be Thanksgiving for more retail workers this year, as stores desperate to pull in buyers on the first weekend of the holiday shopping season push their openings earlier and earlier. ...