57,000 retail jobs shed in the last year

// 57,000 jobs lost in the last year
// Store growth was at its lowest since the fourth quarter of 2016A total of 57,000 retail jobs have been lost in the last year, representing the 16th consecutive quarter of year-on-year decline.
Despite this, the 1.8 per cent decline in the fourth quarter of 2019 came at a lower rate compared to the 2.8 per cent fall during the same period in 2018, according to the BRC Retail Employment Monitor.
Store growth for the period was also at its lowest since the fo