With almost three million workers, the retail industry is the UK’s largest private sector employer. But retailers face a number of challenges when it comes to recruiting and retaining the best staff.
In-store retailers have the data they need to improve their businesses - but they're missing the tech
Today, it’s the high street brands without their own online shop that stand out as exceptions to the rule.The channel itself has seen a strong growth in sales figures over the past few years, with the value of online sales in the retail sector going from 2.7% in January 2007 to 16.1% in January 2017 — a massive leap.
Mental hygiene and the workplace
One in six people report experiencing a common mental health problem in any given week. A quarter of the UK’s population will experience a mental health problem each year.
We need to change how we think about productivity
In theory, there’s nothing wrong with the term. But employers and businesses feel uncomfortable about using it. The problem?
The term productivity is tainted by negative connotations that hint at hard work, squeezed employees, and an obsessive — even reckless — focus on yield. There’s a misconception. Productivity by definition is a measure of output per unit of input. Expressed mathematically:
