The Business of Retail

Retail Careers in Flux in 2022

December 07, 2021 Christine Cowan, David Ian Gray, George Minakakis, Gary Newbury, Craig Patterson Episode 31
The Business of Retail
Retail Careers in Flux in 2022
Show Notes

Arguably the top buzzword of 2021 is “The Great Resignation”.  Catchy as it sounds, it's an incomplete story.  Many are leaving, but others are staying and new will come - for the right opportunities.  

A recent Fast Company piece suggests it is actually “The Great Reprioritization”.   It focused on the worker perspective, but reprioritizing and redesigning the way retail works should be a high priority for CEOs.  We turn to the changes in play around head office retail employment, professional careers, and how we organize talent in this exceptionally human industry.