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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
380 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
2 February 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
The Stockmann Group has announced that they will cut a maximum of 380 jobs from its clothing retail chain Seppälä to increase profitability. The collaborative negotiations concern all 800 employees at Seppälä.
At the same time, the Stockmann Group also announced the planned closure of all Seppälä stores in Russia, Latvia and Lithuania in 2015. The restructuring is an attempt to increase earnings, and is considered necessary to make the whole group profitable.
Stockmann employs a total of 3,000 people in Finland, out of which 800 are employees at Seppälä. The ERM has reported on two previous restructuring events at Stockmann in June 2014and April 2014.
Update, 05-01-2015: Late December the Stockmann Group made a strategic decision to focus on the core businesses of the group, meaning that the company will proceed with closing several of fashion chain Seppälä's shops. It is estimated that 310 jobs will be lost in this process. The final decision is to be taken at the end of January. Furthermore, an additional 70 jobs will be cut from Seppälä's headquarters and warehouses, bringing the total job loss up to 380.
Sources
29 October 2014: Yle Uutiset
19 December 2014: Helsingin Sanomat
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Seppälä, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 77766, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77766.
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