Walmart announces job cuts

Quiz, the Glasgow-based fashion group, put its physical stores division into administration in early June. Ninety-three head-office and warehouse redundancies have already been declared. The business wants to renegotiate rents for its 82 stores and the eventual size of the group will only be known, when this has been done. KPMG has been appointed to review the firm's options, which are likely to include store closures. There are 915 staff in the stores division. Quiz's online business continues unaffected, as are its 300+ concessions.Victoria's Secret, the UK arm of the U.S.-owned global retailer, went into administration early in June 2020 having made a loss now known (Aug 2020) to be £100m in the last financial year. The UK fashion trade has experienced a torrid three years and the coronavirus lockdown, which prevented 'non-essential' stores trading (though not online), has been the final hammer blow. Victoria's Secret has probably lost its original appeal: the aftermath of the … [Read more...] about Requiem for the High Street: Retail industry faces 200,000 job cuts this year after 320 shops closed every week in 2020 – while Nike, Gap and Vans are latest flagship stores set to leave Oxford Street

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The rise and fall of Debenhams: From modest female outfitters to star-studded fashion launches with Kim Kardashian and Gemma Atkinson... how 242-year-old retail chain met its demise in 2020 By Mark Duell for Mail Online  Debenhams has been a mainstay on UK high streets for 242 years, but is now set to shut its doors for good. … [Read more...] about Debenhams confirms plans to shut six stores permanently including flagship Oxford Street store with the loss of 320 jobs