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Hilda Awuor lost her job at the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Lower Manhattan last month. She has decided to look for a new career. Credit An Rong Xu for The New York Times
![Is American Retail at a Historic Tipping Point?](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/16retail-web-master768.jpg)
Hilda Awuor lost her job at the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Lower Manhattan last month. She has decided to look for a new career. Credit An Rong Xu for The New York Times