Retail & Wholesale
The economy of Ohio was heavily dependent on engineering, manufacturing and agriculture throughout the first half of the 20th century. In the 1970s, recession and industrial collapse resulted in the loss of thousands of manufacturing jobs
In his 1901 book Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, Liberty Hyde Bailey, one of America's most important botanists and co-founder of the American Society for Horticultural Science, defined with these words the discipline he had helped to pioneer:
Retail is one of the largest sectors of the American economy, accounting for over 10% of all U.S. employment. Yet ask the average college student if he or she has considered a career in retail and you're likely to get a laugh or a puzzled stare.