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A level playing field could mean a $23 billion annual cash boost

...fairness, Congress can give Falls Road Running Store and other brick-and-mortar retailers the level playing field they deserve.? Shay is president and CEO of the National Retail Federation, the world's largest retail trade association.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-06-22/level-playing-field-could-mean-23-bil
Opinion
Conserving wild salmon habitat makes sense for Southeast Alaska

...the commercial salmon fishery, the sport salmon fishery, the small businesses that support these fisheries and the retail trade that includes shops and restaurants that sell and serve fresh salmon. Salmon sustained by Southeast's forested watersheds...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-08-03/conserving-wild-salmon-habitat-makes-
Opinion
Little change in Alaska unemployment

...the industries doing well in Alaska over the year was health care, adding 1,700 jobs, mining and logging at 600, retail trade at 500 and oil and gas at 300 jobs.Manufacturing, which in Alaska is essentially seafood processing, was down 1...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-01-22/little-change-alaska-unemployment
State | Local
Monthly surcharges on debit cards gouge unwary consumers

...Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the National Retail Federation (www.nrf.com), the world's largest retail trade association whose global membership includes more than 1.5 million American companies that employ nearly 25 million...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-10-21/monthly-surcharges-debit-cards-gouge-
Opinion
Juneau employment picture remains strong, shows gains

...over the last year include health care, which added 1,900 jobs, leisure and hospitality, which added 1,600 and retail trade with 1,200.The state's oil and gas sector, the source of ongoing political debate over hiring levels, added 400...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-10-23/juneau-employment-picture-remains-stron
Local
State, local unemployment continues downward trend

...during the same period.Statewide, areas of job growth included health care, which added 1,700 jobs over the year, retail trade at 900, leisure and hospitality at 800, professional and business services at 600, and oil and gas at 300.Areas of...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-20/state-local-unemployment-continues-down
Local
Juneau's jobless rates drop

...down 1.2 percentage points.The biggest sectors of growth over the year were health care with 1,000 more jobs, retail trade with 700 more jobs and the oil and gas industry with 600 more jobs. Decreases were in manufacturing, down by 1,300...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-12-18/juneaus-jobless-rates-drop
Local
Cruise line group analyzes impacts in Alaska

...average annual wage being $33,200. "That's just an average across all of the impacted workers," said Moody. "A retail trade worker did not earn $33,000, but a port worker probably earned more than $33,000." Tracking the number of indirect...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/090503/loc_cruise.shtml
News
State's entrepreneurs challenge stereotypes of women on the job

...1990 and 1998, the study said. And an additional 22.6 percent of women-owned businesses were in the wholesale and retail trade industries during the same period. Vikki Solberg began operating Natural Pantry more than 27 years ago. Today the...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091304/sta_entrepreneur.shtml
News
Jobless rate rises in September

...construction industry added 1,000 new jobs since September 2001, a 6 percent increase, and the service area and retail trade also added 3,000 jobs. Government added 1,700 jobs, led by strong growth in employment at the University of Alaska...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/101802/sta_joblessrate.shtml
News

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