How employers can attract retail staff amid ongoing job cuts

Earlier this month, the Centre for Retail Research found that more than 125,000 jobs in the UK retail sector have been lost in the first eight months of 2020 – far higher than previous estimates.
The research found a previously-unaccounted 32,598 positions have gone at independent retailers, although the majority of job cuts have been at multiple retailers – those with five stores or more, including the bigger-name chains – with 92,917 job axed.
From January 1 to August 1