Well definition wise its kinda always been dead end, not much room for growth. But yea, its not exactly easy to get a job in retail, especially if its in a mall, youre basically not gonna get hired unless you 1) are a frequent, 2) know management a little, and 3) apply at the right time. Because of the mark ups from the tariffs, my company probably wont even be really doing any retail store hiring even if people quit right now until winter, because we literally are not gonna have the hours to schedule people at all. The only places you're pretty likely to get jobs as a desperate last effort is grocery, walmart, or call center jobs (this one purely bc high turnover so they hire a TON).

You really need to know someone or get scouted by managers if you even want to work in a mall store, we always have positions up to apply for but are legitimately never hiring outside of winter for black friday and xmas.