"It should be no surprise that retail employees have been quitting in droves. In a market of 10 million job openings, nearly one million of those are in retail. And it’s about to get worse—holiday hiring needs are just around the corner."

Nicki Baird, vice president of retail innovation at Aptos, writing on Forbes.com recently in the post, “The Retail Workforce Is About to Go Through Some Radical Changes.” Baird noted that “physical retail looks to bounce back from the pandemic even before the pandemic is officially over—already in 2021, more U.S. retailers plan to open stores than close them.