| Sumario: | Part of a special section on trends in labor productivity in four industries. Productivity in the department store industry increased at a 2.8 percent average annual rate between 1967 and 1986, as measured by output per employee hour, compared with a 1.0 percent rate of increase for the nonfarm business sector of the economy. Productivity growth in department store retailing has been influenced by greater firm concentration, the growth of department store chains that invest heavily in expansion, movement to better locations in shopping malls, the use of computers in store operations, and improvements in store layout and design.
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