Dixons Carphone to cut 800 UK store management jobs
Dixons Carphone had already made redundancies before lockdown, when it closed its Carphone Warehouse stores.
Dixons Carphone chief operating officer Mark Allsop said:"We'll do everything possible to look after those colleagues we can't find new roles for, financially and otherwise." Following the closure of its 531 Carphone Warehouse shops, the company shifted mobile phone sales into its Currys PC World stores.
Dixons Carphone said streamlining management meant"there will be clearer accountability for store leaders who will work as an integrated team across the stores' electricals and mobile offerings."In April, the company, which has about 24,000 UK staff, said strong online sales were making up for about two-thirds of the store sales lost during coronavirus lockdowns.News of the latest cuts comes after a wave of retail redundancies.
. John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Boots and Selfridges are among other big names to announce a jobs shake-up.as part of a restructuring that could see 15% of outlets shut.
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