• Retailers employ 1 in 5 Georgia workers.
• Georgia Retailers' annual payroll exceeds $10 billion.
• Georgia's 50,000 plus retail establishments represent
  nearly one-fourth of all business establishments in the
  state.
• Retailers each year collect more than $5 billion in sales
  taxes on behalf of Georgia's state and local governments.
• One in four of the recently unemployed finds a new job
  in retailing and most first-time work experiences are in
  retail.
• Retail sales in Georgia top $80 billion each year.
• Retailers help fuel the economy, creating thousands of
  jobs outside of the retail industry.
  

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