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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.0 Q( i! Z: }9 f5 F. s
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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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1 w7 q, D4 {. K4 d- Y: w% v* @( R, KThe 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.4 ?5 y# ]6 i* s. H) n
, G6 f1 e. ?# J+ @But there could be more cost-cutting if business conditions worsen, the retailer warned. |
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