Global Scans · Retail · Weekly Summary

• [New] In the UK, transportation and storage (56.4%), manufacturing (46.4%), and wholesale and retail (44%) industries are most vulnerable to job losses by the early 2030s. Apollo Technical LLC
• Cheaper imports from China have the potential to generate jobs in wholesale and retail trade. Phys Org
• An eight-member expert committee constituted by the Delhi government has been tasked with the selection of five retail markets that will be redeveloped as model markets to generate jobs. Newsd.in
• Over 33 million jobs expected by 2028 in sectors such as technology, retail, health, and education. PMF IAS
• In the short to medium term, tariffs will likely drive inflation higher and significantly disrupt the global supply chain, threatening many U.S. jobs at manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. Forbes
• Goldman Sachs has projected potentially 16 million job losses in China due to aggressive U.S. tariffs, with impacts concentrated in retail and wholesale manufacturing sectors. Discovery Alert
• For India, four industry sectors can be identified as the ones with the highest potential to produce gigable jobs in the future - Construction, Manufacturing, Retail, and Transportation and Logistics. Niti Aayog
• Data analysts in Germany can work in multiple industries, including automotive, energy, finance, retail, and public services, ensuring a wide range of job opportunities. NewsNowGh -Traveling Visas, Scholarships, Work Permits,
• The job losses came after Britain's largest retailers warned they could be forced to cut thousands of roles and raise prices in 2025 as a result of measures in Labour's budget to increase employer national insurance contributions by a projected £25bn and raise the national minimum wage by 6.7%. The Guardian
• New costs bearing down on retailers in 2025, including rises in employer National Insurance, [the] National Living Wage and packaging taxes, means investment in jobs, stores and high streets will likely be curtailed. Retail Insight Network
• 124,000 jobs would be lost in BC over the coming years through 2028, with the largest declines experienced in the natural-resource sector export industries and associated manufacturing, as well as in the transportation and retail sectors. Daily Hive
• 12 million jobs will be lost to automation in the wholesale, retail, transport and leisure industries in Europe's largest economies by 2040. Tech Monitor
• 43% of energy jobs and 34% of retail jobs have a high potential to be replaced by AI. MCAA
• The expansion of the retail sector and the tourism sector are each expected to create one million jobs for Saudi nationals by 2030. Al Arabiya English
• Economic pressures in the retail industry have continued longer than expected, making the second round of job losses in 2023 necessary. The Globe and Mail
• Amazon's disruption of booksellers and retail has led to as many as 900,000 jobs lost and huge existing-asset obsolescence. Harvard Business Review
• A 20% cut would protect and create over 17,000 retail jobs which might otherwise be under threat and deliver benefits to UK high streets, which rely on the pull of major retailers in order to support other economic activity in their town centres. EMR-NAMNEWS Ltd.
• Warehouse jobs were supposed to be the future of the retail industry, offering opportunities for displaced employees and reshaping the American workforce. Yahoo Finance
• Could add $1.5 trillion to the global economy by 2030, and create millions of jobs across various sectors, such as health care, education, retail and manufacturing. Business Record
• Employment in retail trade is projected to decline by 586,800 from 2020 to 2030, sharply contrasting its increase of 406,800 jobs during the previous decade. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• As e-commerce continues to grow in popularity, retail trade is projected to lose 368,300 jobs over the 2019-29 decade. Impact Lab
• If the strategy targets are achieved the combined value of agritourism and farm retail in 2030 would be around a quarter of a billion pounds (£250m) and support almost 10,000 full time jobs. Flame Marketing

Last updated: 30 June 2025