U.S. Retail Clothing Stores Lost 300,000 Jobs In Five Years Since The Pandemic The U.S. retail clothing industry has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs in recent years. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 Economic Census, employment in Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores fell from 1.8 million workers in 2017 to 1.5 million in 2022. Most of the decline came from small firms with one to 19 employees. Yet, during the same period, annual payroll still grew from $32.1 billion to $35.0 billion. The Census Bureau reports that the number of Clothing and Clothing Accessories retail firms dropped from… — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More
