Hudson's Bay cuts 1,000 jobs

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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.
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$ u4 r; Z! r* f' o, b4 T9 N8 z8 EHudson'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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* U9 K2 H3 B8 S6 P( E! ]The 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.
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But there could be more cost-cutting if business conditions worsen, the retailer warned.

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