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Canada's largest department store chain is slashing 1,000 jobs across Canada, or 5 per cent of its full-time workforce, citing the need to cut costs.7 i% D$ Z8 x$ _! l6 |! }
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Hudson's Bay Co. said today that the job losses, which affect mainly head office staff in accounting, information technology and logistics, would help it save $150 million a year.
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* k$ ~: E! A5 o0 a8 ~. H. hThe job cuts, effective today, are the result of a strategic decision by Hudson's Bay's new U.S. owners to combine more of its Canadian and U.S. operations to save money.9 T5 f, V0 e" m' |9 N
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But there could be more cost-cutting if business conditions worsen, the retailer warned. |
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