Work reassessment: how to make retail attractive again?

Retail jobs have never been easy, with low wages, permanent pressure over turnover, chronic understaffing, and no weekends off. At the same time, such jobs have drastically changed, and not in a good way according to the staff fleeing from stores. What’s happening to retail staff? What should be done to make retail attractive again? 

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 08 September 2021.