[New] Repetitive manual jobs could shrink by 10% to 15% globally within a decade, with low-skill workers in manufacturing, retail, and logistics facing the most exposure.
Richard van Hooijdonk Blog
[New] Amazon announced that it will be exiting UK grocery retail, meaning 19 Amazon Fresh stores will be shut, putting 250 jobs at risk.
BusinAssist Blog
The National Retail Federation expects companies to add between 265,000 and 365,000 seasonal jobs in 2025, a decrease of up to 40% from the 442,000 roles added in 2023.
Mass Market Retailers
Online retail giant Amazon plans to cut 10,000 jobs, or around 3% of its office staff.
Marketing Week
By 2025, 30% of Starbucks corporate and 40% of retail jobs were supposed to be reserved for black people: numbers that are far out of proportion to the national population.
Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish articles
Jobs for clerks in the US could decrease by 1.6 million, with additional losses in retail salespersons, administrative assistants, and cashiers.
Fagen Wasanni Technologies
Long Beach, California now limits self-checkout kiosks in retail stores, reflecting fears that frontline retail jobs may be erased by automation.
PYMNTS.com
Retail is expected to lose an additional 500,000 jobs by 2030.
RETHINK Retail
Verizon plans to cut 15,000 jobs to reduce costs as the U.S. telecommunications company struggles to retain new customers, keep pace with competitors and shift more of its retail stores to a franchising model.
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Last updated: 05 January 2026
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