Retail activity is picking up speed in two-thirds of America's 100 major metropolitan areas. That's according to the latest retail-trade employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which indicates that 68 metros posted gains between July 2010 and July 2011. Thirty-one areas lost retail jobs, and one was unchanged. The biggest upswings occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth and Providence. The Dallas area had the largest raw increase in retail-trade employment, adding 7,200 jobs in a year…

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