France – Carrefour – 500-600 jobs cut

Carrefour (CARR.PA: Quote), the world’s second-largest retailer, plans to cut up to 600 French jobs as its new boss slashes costs in a bid to turn the struggling company around, unions said on Wednesday.

“The group told the various works councils that the plan is to cut 500-600 jobs,” Force Ouvriere union representative Michel Enguelz told Reuters. “These will be voluntary departures and there will be no firings.”

The cuts will target jobs at the group’s headquarters and support functions such as marketing and purchasing across France, he added…

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