Sears Canada Inc. is cutting another 1,628 jobs after having reduced its work force last year by almost the same number as the retailer tries to bolster its struggling operations.
The company said late Wednesday it will outsource jobs in three call centres to IBM, in a cost-cutting move that will affect 1,345 employees over the next nine months. In addition, it said it will immediately let go 283 employees at four logistics centres in Calgary, Montreal, Belleville, Ont. and Vaughan, Ont.
The cuts will leave Sears with just over 20,000 staff, down from about 24,000 a year ago and 31,000 two years ago as the retailer finds new ways to operate more efficiently, spokesman Vincent Power said.
“We are planning for the future of Sears Canada and taking steps now that will allow us to continue serving customers as a viable national retailer,” Doug Campbell, who took over as chief executive officer at Sears last fall, said in a statement.
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