Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey

Conducted in part with the NRF, the Mercer 2011 US Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey provides compensation data, extensive HR and industry practices information, and benefit plan features for all merchandise categories including specialty retailers. With nearly 400 locations reported across the country, the data allows you to gain visibility of your competitors and view compensation trends that are specific to the retail industry.

Key report features include:

Compensation

• Offers data analysis by size (revenue and employee), merchandise category, market category, organization type (corporate, division, subsidiary, group), and ownership (public, private), number of stores, and other factors. Additional analysis available to participants.

• Includes statistics on pay structure and pay increase practices.

Benefits

• Reports prevalence for health/group, time loss, and retirement/savings plans.

• Offers optional reports at an additional fee, including total remuneration values and queries for specific issues.

Policies and Practices

• Provides incentive plan policies for select positions.

• Reports on commissions, sales contests, part-time benefits, paid time off (vacation, holiday, and sick leave), staffing ratios, turnover, employee discounts, severance plans, relocation policy, stock purchase plans, incentive stock option plans, work life programs, and performance and recognition programs.

• Includes such categories as recruiting and retention, miscellaneous employee relations, dress code, emergency closing, perquisites, corporate office perquisites, and company car practices.

Apparel Manufacturing and Supermarket Modules Included

• For organizations that produce and sell part or all of their merchandise, the Apparel Manufacturing Module provides data on additional job families: Design, Sourcing, Technical Design, Merchandising, and Sales & Marketing.

• The Supermarket Module provides data for store level and warehouse/distribution positions specific to supermarkets.  All supermarket departments are covered: Bakery, Produce, Meat, Deli, and Dairy. Data is broken out for part- and full-time positions.

2010 Survey Statistics
• Positions: 169
• Participants: 189
• Employees Reported: 1.5 million+