Jerry Johnson lost his last retail job about eight years ago, when the consumer-electronics chain Circuit City shut its stores under pressure from competing retailers. On Aug. 2, he was among hundreds applying for a job at Amazon.com Inc., the new colossus of retail. His experience told him to wear a suit, which he paired…

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