home-shopping

Shop Direct closes with 1500 job losses.

Britain’s biggest catalogue shopping group is closing three call centres with the loss of up to 1500 jobs. Shop Direct, which owns Kays and Littlewoods, will axe 900 in Sunderland, 420 in Burnley and 180 in Newtown.

Union representatives said the news of the likely job losses was “disastrous”.

 

catalog shopping, home-shopping

Arcandor files for bankruptcy with 43000 jobs to go.

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The German tourism, home-shopping and department store giant Arcandor has filed for bankruptcy with a German court.  Arcandor employs 43000 people in Germany and these jobs look likely to go.

Tourism, department store, home-shopping