Should retailers be worried by the minimum wage proposals?

While tomorrow’s rise in the national minimum wage (NMW) is small, proposals to increase it significantly more in the future threaten to add to the pressure on retailers’ profit margins. But even if the proposed reforms go ahead, the overall outlook for retailers’ labour costs would still be bright.

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