Spring Ownership 2019 just came out. Many small stores are eliminating the full time position in AST. The only full timer will be the ASTS with a part time and flex colleagues. Announcement on the consolidating districts and store closures will be next week. If you’re a Flagship, G50 or G100 store, your jobs are safe. If you’re a neighborhood store, prepare for a lot of job cuts. Mostly everything will be self service (open sell) and a huge promotion for ‘Scan & Pay’.
I hope that @WX6DdoG-2nbh is wrong about this, but his sadly this makes perfect sense.