How do retail businesses control labor costs

Author: Li Jing
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book provides a detailed analysis of 29 effective labor cost management methods for renowned retail companies both domestically and internationally, such as Walmart, Carrefour, Metro, Wumart, and Huachuan. The author, as the Human Resources Director of a large multinational retail brand in China, summarizes their work experience while thoroughly examining the advanced practices of foreign retail enterprises like Walmart, Carrefour, and Metro in labor cost management. From a practical perspective, the book comprehensively employs various methods such as theoretical explanations, case studies, self-assessments, experience sharing, and sample presentations to systematically elaborate on five key aspects: why retail enterprises should focus on labor cost management, how to identify labor costs, how to measure and analyze labor costs, the principles that retail enterprises should follow in labor cost management, and how retail enterprises can control labor costs. Among these, it provides an in-depth analysis of 29 practical labor cost control methods for retail enterprises, offering valuable insights and benchmarks for human resources managers in retail and other industries to improve their labor cost management capabilities.