Retail in Asia

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Demand for procurement, retail and compliance professionals increases in Asia, Robert Walters Job Index reveals

Robert Walters, the world’s leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies, has launched its Asia Job Index for Q2 2012.

The Robert Walters Asia Job Index tracks advertisement volumes for professional positions across the leading job boards and national newspapers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, mainland China, South Korea and Japan. According to the Job Index, levels of job advertisements continued to increase across Asia, increasing 11.8 percent from 1Q to 2Q.

In Asia, the retail and property management sectors remained buoyant, particularly in China, as consumer purchasing power grows across the region. Professionals with experience in these areas were highly sought after. 

While confidence in China’s market remained subdued, the retail sector saw exceptional growth and job advertising for this sector saw an increase of 27.8 percent in 1Q. The retail sector was booming with stronger consumer purchasing power and a growing appetite for international brands. The growth was also largely due to the Chinese government looking to develop a consumer society to offset the drop in exports to the West, and its investments in retail infrastructure such as shopping malls and hypermarkets.

(Source: Robert Walters )