Sales Workforce at Offline Shops Declines as Online Deals Rise

SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The sales workforce at South Korea’s retail stores continued to decline in the past four years on increased online transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, government data showed Sunday. The number of newly hired salespeople at offline outlets fell 13 percent, or 393,000, to 2.64 million in April this year [...]