One in three retailers plan to cut headcount
Almost a third of retailers plan to cut staffing levels in the next quarter compared with 8% this time last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Moni
Almost a third of retailers plan to cut staffing levels in the next quarter compared with 8% this time last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor (REM).
The research also shows six in 10 retailers plan to maintain headcount over the next quarter.
Stephen Robertson, BRC director general, says: “These figures confirm how tough the trading environment is. Retail is still creating more jobs than other sectors but numbers for the quarter rose at their slowest rate since this survey began at the end of 2009.”
