JD Sports exec: Young people open to long-term retail careers retail due to high unemployment
JD Sports chief growth officer Nicola Kowalczuk has said a growing number of young people are weighing up a long-term career in retail, as opposed to just part-time work, amid soaring levels of youth unemployment in the UK.
Kowalczuk said around 75% of the retailer’s store colleagues are under 30, many of whom “join us because they’re in further education and they want part time work”.
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