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Retailers add 28K jobs in May
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. retailers added almost 28,000 new jobs in May, according to statistics from the Department of Labor. This followed 20,000 new retail hires in April.
Restaurants hired another 38,000 people last month.
New retail and restaurant hires helped drive the addition of 175,000 total new jobs to the U.S. economy in May. -
Wet Seal appoints Talbots exec as head of stores and operations
Foothill Ranch, Calif. -- The Wet Seal announced today that retail veteran Lesli Gilbert has been appointed executive VP, stores and operations, effective immediately. Gilbert replaces Barbara Cook, former senior VP store operations, who resigned in February.
Most recently, Gilbert was senior VP of stores at The Talbots, where she was responsible for developing the stores strategy and framework to reposition the business