Retail jobs wipeout – can new roles replace those lost?

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More than 80,000 retail jobs were lost in the third quarter of this year and employment has now fallen for almost four years in a row.

There are certainly fewer retail roles, but are they being replaced by better ones? BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson joins Retail Week executive editor George MacDonald to discuss.

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