Signet Jewelers Limited (SIG)

Jewelry stores, 27,097, 89% North America. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 31, 2026, filed March 19, 2026. Ranked 6 of the 75 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing counts team members by region and status, not by kind of work, so one retail pattern by description (c), said so.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 25% now, 33% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 34% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 34% desk work, 26% people work and 40% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 64% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 21% becomes checking a model's work and 13% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

27,097 employees as of January 31, 2026 (stated). Not stated separately from Canada: North America 24,166 of 27,097, the U.K. 2,510, other international 421.

The filing: “As of January 31, 2026, the number of global team members employed at Signet was 27,097 as compared to 27,595 as of February 1, 2025. Approximately 89% of the Company's workforce was employed in North America, namely the US and Canada.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 27,097 team members: 24,166 in North America (13,751 full-time, 10,415 part-time), 2,510 in the U.K., 421 elsewhere; peaks in the holiday season; a $15 minimum wage in the U.S. since fiscal 2022; only the Botswana polishing factory, under 1%, is covered by a collective agreement.

What the filing says about AI

17 sentences in the filing name AI. Seventeen sentences: AI and personalization in marketing technology, threat actors using AI for attacks, and AI among the forward-looking risk factors.

• “These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results to not be realized, including, but not limited to: executing or optimizing major business or strategic initiatives, such as expansion of the services business or realizing the benefits of our restructuring plans or transformation s...”
• “The Company's spend distribution and marketing approach evolve over time to align to changes in consumer behavior, marketing technology (e.g., artificial intelligence ("AI") and personalization capabilities) and economic shifts.”
• “In addition, as AI technologies develop rapidly, threat actors are using these technologies to create new sophisticated attack methods that are increasingly automated, targeted and coordinated, are both technology and social engineering oriented, and more difficult to defend against.”
• “Our use of AI, machine learning ("ML"), and generative AI ("Gen AI") technologies, including customer-facing applications, may expose us to confidentiality, cybersecurity, operational, legal, regulatory and reputational risks and could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.”
• “We use, and expect to continue expanding our use of, AI, ML, and Gen AI technologies across our business, including for inventory optimization, supply chain and fulfillment, analytics, marketing and personalization, digital experiences, administrative functions, and customer‑facing applications such as product discovery, customer service, and other interactive tools.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20212median 0
• Fiscal 20223median 0
• Fiscal 202312median 1
• Fiscal 202412median 4
• Fiscal 202517median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The collector's pick was the prior year's count (27,595); the total at January 31, 2026 is 27,097 (rule 2).
• The U.S. share is not stated apart from Canada; North America is 89%.
• No count by kind of work: one pattern by description (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000832988-26-000055, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.