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2017 winter campaign for women ’ s clothing

INVESTING IN AUTOMATION According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the PRC , the urban unemployment rate in China was 3.95 % in Q2 2017 . With the employment rates so high , recruiting enough top talent has been a challenge for Urban Revivo as it has expanded . “ This year we faced one big challenge . In the peak season , it ’ s quite difficult for our recruitment . We upsized our salary for the casual workers by around 20 %, but still we have a labour shortage problem . So now , to be more efficient , we ’ ve needed to invest in some robots for our warehouse that can help to save the cost ,” Zhong notes . “ That ’ s the biggest invaestment

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