Is it Really the End of Retail? – Derek Thompson – Business – The Atlantic: “Technology poses a threat to retail, just as it posed a threat to employment in manufacturing and agriculture, the last two supersectors that got bit by innovation that killed jobs and improved efficiency. But a broader picture suggests that what we’re seeing in retail doesn’t look like the end of anything, really. Here’s a graph that tracks four supersectors’ share of America’s jobs. Retail is in blue. Manufacturing is in red. Health/education is in green. Agriculture is in orange. What do you see?”
