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Retail safety data: Why wearables are the key to reducing worker injuries and driving optimization

May 23, 2022

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While the overall pulse of the retail and ecommerce industries has quickened since the pandemic, massive demand on an anemic global supply chain leaves one entity largely vulnerable and unprotected: the workers themselves.

Occupations like construction, manufacturing or mining occupy the national spotlight for their jarring injury statistics, but retail too often slides under the radar.

Without question, the consumer is currently feeling the squeeze — delivery times lag behind expectations; cost of goods soar while retail behemoths struggle to staff their distribution operations; daily life, blissfully closer to normal in what feels like ages, is disrupted everywhere from the gas pump to the grocery store.

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