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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other 47.91 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
108 jobs Number of planned job losses
7 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
2 September 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
On 16 May 2013, the online furniture retailer, La Maison de Valérie, subsidiary of furniture retailer Conforama (group Steinhoff International), announced to its works council plans to cut 108 jobs by the end of 2013. The restructuring plan envisages 103 job cuts at the headquarters in Vineuil (Loire-et-Cher) and another five at the site in Lognes (Seine-et-Marne). Additionally, 7 positions will be created.
According to the union FO, the company will discontinue its activities after the end of Spring-Summer season. The management will ask a consultancy to help the dismissed employees to find new jobs and will offer about 445 positions within the group Conforama.
Sources
18 May 2013: La Nouvelle République
17 May 2013: Le Figaro
Citation
Eurofound (2013), La Maison de Valérie, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 75402, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75402.
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