Uniqlo replaces 90% of its staff

In Japan, Uniqlo replaces 90% of its staff with robots in a warehouse

Robots to increase productivity

Why this race to robotization ? Uniqlo first hopes to reduces storage stocks, optimize logistics and deliver products faster all over the world.

No way to be outdistanced by the American giant Amazon, which also automates its forced warehouse.

But there is another advantage. "Japan faces a demographic challenge: the country is aging and its active population decreases each year by 0.5%. To remain a great power and continue to create growth, the country follows two paths at once: to make work more and more people, especially women, and realize productivity gains. « But what better than robots to gain productivity? » decrypts Frédéric Rollin, Investment Strategy Advisor at Pictet AM. While the automotive industry has been the largest user of robots so far, other sectors of the Japanese economy are also investing heavily in robotics.