EUA: nível de emprego despencou em 2008 e não se recuperou mais.
The level of employment in the United States has been declining since the year 2000. There have been moments when things have appeared to have been getting better for a short period of time, and then the decline has resumed. Thanks to the offshoring of millions of jobs, the replacement of millions of workerswith technology and the overall weakness of the U.S. economy, the percentage of Americans that are actually working is significantly lower than it was when this century began.
#1 Approximately a billion square feet of retail space is sitting vacant in the US.
#2 Radio Shack going to close more than a thousand stores.#3 Last week, Staples announced that it was going to close 225 stores.
#4 Same-store sales at Office Depot have declinedfor 13 quarters in a row.
#5 J.C. Penney has been dying for years, announced plans to close 33 more stores.
#6 J.C. Penney lost 586 million dollars during the second quarter of 2013 alone.
#7 Sears has closed about 300 stores since 2010, to shutter another 500 Sears".
#8 Overall, sales numbers have declined at Sears for 27 quarters in a row.
#9 Target is going to eliminate475 jobs and not fill 700 positions that are currently empty.
#10 Aéropostale will close about 175 stores over the next couple of years.
#11 Macy's is going to be closing five stores and eliminating 2,500 jobs.
#12 The Children’s Place will be closing down 125 of its "weakest" stores by 2016.
