Retailers added back over 250,000 jobs

In a small glimmer of hope for the U.S. economy, retailers have added back over 250,000 jobs last month compared with June to employ over 14 million people. The news was reported by WWD. While this indicates signs of improvement, this is still down 913,000 jobs from February. The total economy has added 1.8 million jobs, and unemploy is down from 11.1 percent in June to 10.2 percent for August.