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01/03/2018: Unionizing the retail industry

Department store sales have been declining. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

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(U.S. Edition) About 12,000 retail stores are expected to close over the course of 2018. With this massive upheaval in the industry, we’ll take a look at how mall operators are responding to these closures, and then talk to Stuart Appelbaum — president of the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union — about whether retail workers will band together like coal workers have. Plus: How big tech companies are helping the Nasdaq reach record highs.

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by Erika Beras Jan 3, 2018
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by Blake Farmer Jan 3, 2018
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