Retail North America July 2026
~1.6m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.6m questions answered from ~150 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Apparel & Fashion, Retail, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics, Packaging & Containers, Furniture
Reported gender breakdown
Female
54%
Male
46%
Non-Binary
0.14%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
70% of Retail North America employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 49% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 38% compared with the overall average.
How does Retail North America compare?
People in Retail North America were much more positive than average regarding Ownership and Growth.
On the lower side, people in Retail North America had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Collaboration & Communication, and Learning & Development.
People working in Retail North America are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Retail North America are less engaged than Construction & Heavy Industry North America, New Tech Southeast Asia, Biotechnology United States, and Software Engineer APAC.
The highest scoring question for Retail North America had 90% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Growth.
People in Retail North America were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 32% of people disagreeing (+13% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Retail North America organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
18%