Britain'S Retail Job Cuts, Crisis, And Job Market Change

According to the financial times, in the past year, the UK has reduced nearly sixty thousand retail jobs. Although evidence shows that many affected employees have found new jobs, retail groups are still calling on the government to take action to save the shopping street.

British Retail employment situation is difficult to measure accurately according to seasonal changes, but the British Retail Consortium (BRC) estimates that as of the end of this year (2019), the last year of June has decreased. Five point seven Ten thousand jobs.

This figure is based on the National Bureau of Statistics (Office for Natio). Nal Statistics (ONS) latest data analysis, compared with the overall employment situation in the UK, and let the British retail business association feel depressed, the loss of jobs in the retail industry is not as important as manufacturing.

The retail industry in the UK has about 3000000 employees, the largest number of employees in the private sector. But over the past few years, the rise of online shopping, consumer confidence, rising costs and the collapse of retailers have led to fewer job opportunities in the retail industry. Most of the layoffs are widely dispersed, mainly on part-time, low wage and women who are less likely to become the mainstay of the family economy.

According to the employment data from 2012 to 2017, many unemployed employees in the retail industry have switched to restaurants, restaurants and other service industries. Although the development of e-commerce has led to a decrease in the number of retail jobs, the employment opportunities for distribution of goods have also been increased, but these jobs are classified in the logistics industry rather than in the retail industry.

A separate analysis of the data of the National Bureau of statistics by the Royal Society of Arts found that over the past 7 years, 40 thousand warehousing posts and more male employees have been added; Ten point eight Ten thousand sales and customer service posts are mostly women.

At present, the National Bureau of Statistics estimates that the network platform accounts for about 1/5 of the UK retail channel, and the proportion of online sales of specific products is even higher. Most of the layoffs are the result of restructuring and reducing costs in order to cope with the growing importance of e-commerce in the retail market.

The retail business association of the United Kingdom said that the demand for personnel in the retail industry in the future will be reduced, not only because of the above factors, but also to the improvement of automation. The association hopes to create better career development by providing more training and opportunities.