JOBS AND SKILLS

CHOICE PURCHASING POWER SERVICEQUALITYCONVENIENCE

... RETAILERS & WHOLESALERS ARE MOVING

AHEAD...

... BUT THE WORLD

IS CHANGING...

... THE EU NEEDS TO SUPPORT FAIR,

COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE

RETAIL & WHOLESALE...

THIS IS RETAIL & WHOLESALE TODAY...

BRINGING VALUE TO CUSTOMERS

New forms of work and changing employment relations

High unemployment,particularly among young people, in many European

countries.

Concerns about working conditions,

both in developed and developing countries.

THE WORLD OF WORK IS CHANGING…

…WITH THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

Need for different and new skills

Fewer jobs in the future?

New and more flexible work patterns

Employment legislation is still too rigid

in several European countries.

Retail needs flexible work arrangements.

RETAIL & WHOLESALE : A PEOPLE BUSINESS

CAREERS JOB CREATION

Retailers and whole-salers give budding entrepreneurs the chance to make good ideas a reality.

self-employed employee

Retailers and whole-salers offer various work patterns.

full-time

part-time

80% of part-time employees choose to work

part-time (FR, UK data).

Retailers and wholesalers offer careers for all kinds of people: digital marketeers, butchers, food scientists, energy experts, warehouse operators, data ana-lysts, fashion designers.

Retailers and wholesalers are working with suppliers to apply ILO standards and improve the overall working conditions in developing countries.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Retailers create jobs60,000 new jobs in retail

in Germany in 2014.

2 in 3 jobs are in small companies.

42% of the workforce in Italian retail and wholesale are women; even 57% in modern retail.

1 in 7 jobs in Europe is in retail and wholesale.

19 m 10 m

RETAIL WHOLESALE

chemical industry

food industry

automotive industry

6X

12X

25X

This is

more than in the

DIVERSITY

Retailers and wholesalers provide jobs to people from the most diverse backgrounds and levels of education.

They see diversity as a vehicle for inclusion as well as competitiveness.

Retailers and wholesalers work with schools and colleges to equip the new generation with the right skills.

They invest in and develop their people to allow them to move up and become managers.

57% of large retailers have developed in-house careers and training struc-tures (2015).

Retailer apprenticeships are the No.2 and No.3 most popular trainee careers in Germany.

In 2015, there were:26,000 management trainees 24,000 sales trainees 14,000 wholesale trainees

DEVELOPMENT

YOUTH

Many young people find their first job in retail.

1 million under 25s work in retail (UK).

30% of the workforce in retail is under 35.

RETAIL WHOLESALE

1 in 5 young Europeans (15-24 yrs) work in retail and wholesale.

FOR PEOPLE IN RETAIL AND WHOLESALE,

EUROPE NEEDS

More flexible work arrange-ments to meet the demands

of a challenging market and several EU countries to

reform labour laws

To act with suppliers and governments for decent

working conditions in developing countries

To equip people with the right skills for the digital

age and changing consumer demands

To reinvent employment relationships

and social dialogue

INDUSTRY

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10 % of EU’s GDP

or 1 in 7 of all jobs, many of them young people.

29 million jobs29 million jobs1 in 4 companies in the EU

and 99 % of which are SMEs.

EuroCommerce is the principal European organisation representing the retail and wholesale sector. It embraces national associations in 31 countries and 5.4 million companies, both leading multinational retailers such as Carrefour, Ikea, Metro and Tesco, and many small family operations. Retail and wholesale provide a link between producers and 500 million European consumers over a billion times a day. It generates 1 in 7 jobs, providing a varied career for 29 million Europeans, many of them young people. It also supports millions of further jobs throughout the supply chain, from small local suppliers to international businesses. EuroCommerce is the recognised European social partner for the retail and wholesale sector.