United States: retail shift and work hour reduction post-pandemic by age range

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, employment in the retail sector experienced a significant drop in hours and shifts. While supermarkets and major online retailers saw impressive growth and profitability, brick and mortar retail shrunk, in large part due to lockdowns. Employees belonging to Generation Z and millennials were the ones who saw the largest drop in their number of shifts and hours, both at 44 percent.

在新冠疫情期间，美国零售行业的就业人数经历了显著的时数和班次减少。尽管超市和主要在线零售商实现了令人瞩目的增长和盈利能力，实体零售业却因封锁措施而缩减。Z世代表和千禧一代的员工在班次和时数上均出现了最大的降幅，高达44%。