Rob Karr, president and CEO, Illinois Retail Merchants Association, joins John Williams to talk about the problems many retailers are facing including supply chain issues, the amount of workers calling in sick, the impact of the omicron variant on business, how many people working in retail deciding to retire early, weather disruptions impacting the industry, and if crime and COVID mandates have had any effect on shoppers.

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