The pandemic has kept people home, but it has not prevented them from buying stuff.
The U.S. Census Bureau said electronic shopping and mail-order operations increased sales by 35 percent in 2020 when the pandemic struck, compared to 2019. It was the biggest sales hike of any industry.
Total retail sales rose 3 percent to $5.57 trillion.
The larger problem, however, remains that sales clerks who work in-store lose their jobs when sales decline.
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