What will the fourth industrial revolution mean for retail? It's being called the fourth Industrial Revolution - the blurring of boundaries between the physical, digital, and biological worlds - and it's fundamentally changing the size and shape of the workforce. Between the fusion of technological advances and the shift to meet the changing demands of customers, there's a noticeable impact around adding new types of jobs. The emergence of disruptive technologies such as e-commerce, robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality have increased the demand for new skills, altered processes and operations, and new consumer lifestyles.