The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.1 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores
377 - 582 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
US-based supply firm Office Depot has announced to its works council plans to cut 377 jobs, in the framework of a European restructuring plan affecting 1,100 jobs. The plan envisages the closure of the logistics site in Senlis (230 employees) that will be transfered to Meung-sur-Loire (Loiret). About 127 job cuts are planned in other locations. The sources report also that the firm will offer relocation to 205 employees to move to corporate sites in Romania, the UK or the Netherlands.
Sources
18 October 2014: Le Parisien
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Office Dépot, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 77783, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77783.
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