Monday, February 9, 2015 20:20 Blokker is planning to cut jobs of about 440 employees, about 6 percent of the total number of employees. The layoffs will fall by approximately 250 owned stores, half of the total number of own stores.
The chain has the layoffs announced Monday night, much to the shock of CNV Services. “It’s at Blokker a lot better than at V & amp; D and the balance sheet position is not very bad,” says CNV director Agostino di Giacomo
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According to Blokker, the reduction in the number of jobs needed to fall because the sales in the stores. The retail chain include housewares attracts less public and consumers spend less.
“The labor costs should be brought more in line with the declining sales in the shops,” is a statement of Blokker. Besides layoffs, staff will have to get used to more flexible working hours. Blocker is still in consultation with unions about a social plan
Like V &. D, which earlier today reached an agreement to avert bankruptcy, Blokker renovation will make the shops. The chain will begin next summer with a gradual renewal in the ‘physical shopping experience. ” At seven stores has already happened on a trial basis, and that was successful.
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Blokker says it will invest in online activities. The online sales grew last year by more than 40 percent, the chain says.
‘Blokker has confidence in the future. We continue to invest in a new formula that has been tested successfully in 2014 and in Blokker’s online activities, “says general manager Jack Peters. Blokker invest this year about 25 million.
FNV Trade says plans Blokker ‘extremely painful’ for the staff. “LBokker says to seek flexible working hours, but remains vague about what that means. If it means that people have to work on smaller contracts where they can barely get around, we are going for it, “says Twan van Lieshout FNV Trade
Source:. Elsevier
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