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As Americans shop more online, retail jobs are disappearing
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nola.com
- Jul 18, 2017
More Americans are embracing a trend that labor groups have come to fear: We are shopping online now about as often as we take out the trash.
About a third of adults buy something on a computer or phone at least once per week, up from 21 percent in 2013, according to a new survey from a consulting firm that watches e-commerce trends.
The poll of roughly 1,600 people across the country also found that nearly half prefer to purchase goods on the web, the Walker Sands data show. These days, that includes just about everything: groceries, prescription refills, mattresses, party dresses. Just 4 percent of respondents said they avoided online deliveries entirely.
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