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Credit: Stefano Mazzola / Shutterstock. </figcaption> </figure> </div> <p class="drop-cap">Retailers are turning to robotic solutions in countries where longer life expectancies and falling birth rates are reducing the hospitality talent pool, according to a new report.</p> <p>GlobalData’s new <a href="https://www.globaldata.com/store/report/future-of-consumer-theme-analysis/" target="_blank"><em>Future of Consumer</em> report</a> says: “The number of people available to work has been steadily decreasing in developed countries. This is leading to labour shortages across many industries. 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It reported that around a third of positions were unfilled in the Czech Republic. This rose to a quarter in Greece and between 40% and 50% in Poland.</p><div id="slot-one"></div> <p>It also noted that “the overall population in the EU27 is set to shrink by 5% between 2019 (447 million) and 2070 (424 million). The working-age population (20-64) will decrease even more markedly from 265 million in 2019 to 217 million in 2070, reflecting fertility, life expectancy and migration flow dynamics.”</p> <p>The same talent problem is playing out in Japan where The Japan Federation of Service and Tourism Industries Workers’ Unions (STU) conducted a survey which identified that 51% of the hospitality sector had to reduce their operation days, and 33% had had to reduce their hours as a result of having fewer staff members.</p> <p>In South Korea, The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) <a href="https://www.mafra.go.kr/english/756/subview.do?enc=Zm5jdDF8QEB8JTJGYmJzJTJGZW5nbGlzaCUyRjI1JTJGNTY2NTU1JTJGYXJ0Y2xWaWV3LmRvJTNG" target="_blank">announced a new foreign seasonal worker system</a> last year, in an attempt “to resolve chronic manpower shortage in farming and fishing during sowing and harvesting seasons.”</p><div class="gdm-company-profile-unit" id="company_profile_form"> <h1 class="gdm-company-profile-unit__heading">How well do you <span style="text-decoration: underline;">really</span> know your competitors?</h1> <p class="gdm-company-profile-unit__sub-heading">Access the most comprehensive Company Profiles on the market, powered by GlobalData. 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