Remote working: what can department stores learn from the great RW experiment?

Companies have been exploring the possibilities of remote working for many years. In fact, remote work has even, in some cases, been implemented then abandoned. Department stores have been forced into remote work by the current pandemic. Or at least some of the department store functions have been. Is this likely to become a permanent feature of our retail businesses? If so, what might it look like in more detail? Remote working has raised major issues for HR departments, as well as for management. If the practice becomes widespread, remote work will also have implications for city life and consumer spending more broadly, and therefore on department store customers.

IADS provides its members with a weekly in-depth analysis on retail-oriented topics. This is an example of the themes the Association regularly addresses, and the topic of an article  from the IADS members-only newsletter date 10 February 2021.