Labor Shortage news and trends

Toast Seizes on Labor Challenges at Independent Restaurants to Drive Adoption
ResTech // November 10, 2022

Restaurant technology platform Toast said the disproportionate challenges affecting independent restaurant operators provided a strong business opportunity to offer labor and productivity services to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The comments came as the company, which has a presence in around 74,000 restaurant locations, reported...

Instacart, Uber, Others Turn to Driver Perks to Combat Capacity Constraints
Delivery // July 11, 2022

As driver labor challenges persist, delivery services are challenged to work harder to attract and retain the gig workers that make their model possible, or else they risk alienating their customers with poor service and frustrating capacity constraints. Read more: Instacart Launches New Gig Worker Rewards...

U.S. Holiday Hiring To Soar In 2018
Retail // October 18, 2018

A new report says that more than 700,000 workers will be hired by U.S. retailers this holiday season — the largest number since 2014. Retailers said they would add 704,000 jobs before the holiday shopping season, an increase of 1.2 percent from the previous best...

Housing Supply And Demand Imbalance Drives Home Improvement Store Sales
Retail // June 05, 2018

Millennials are finally moving out of mom and dad’s house and creating their own households, which has increased demand in the housing market. At the same time, supply has taken a hit due to a shortage of skilled labor. Rising mortgage rates and lumber prices...

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U.S. Holiday Hiring To Soar In 2018

October 18, 2018
A new report says that more than 700,000 workers will be hired by U.S. retailers this holiday season — the largest number since 2014. Retailers said they would add 704,000 jobs before the holiday shopping season, an increase of 1.2 percent from the previous best figures in 2014, according to a report from global outplacement […]