Retail Industry Survey FY2021 — news published on Nikkei, Nikkei MJ

35.3% of retailers reported that they were unable to fill their staffing needs in FY2021. It increased 12.9 points from the previous FY2020 survey. Total sales were 71.5139 trillion yen, with the growth rate as 8.6%, the first positive growth in two years (data within 379 comparable companies). In the rankings of sales by company, Seven & i Holdings, which was 2nd place in the previous survey, overtook the top spot for the first time in 11 years.