The Dutch company is gradually disappearing from the French capital due to its financial difficulties.
The management of the C&A clothing brand announced to employees on May 31 the planned closure of two Parisian stores in which 145 jobs are at risk, we learned Thursday from management and from a union source. “The management of C&A France has informed its social partners of the plan to close the stores on boulevard Haussmann and rue de Rivoli“, indicates in a press release the Dutch fashion brand, which however refuses to “share more information».
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«The 145 people who work in these two stores will potentially be affected“, added Gilles Gondouin (FO). “The company has positioned itself on reclassification options, support for training, mobility in the provinces“. The next meeting of the CSE on June 7 should make it possible to refine the social plan and the future of employees. “There are currently about forty vacancies in the group but this mainly concerns logistics and it is throughout the territory.Said Maria Rodrigues (FO).
According to FO, 2nd union behind the CGT, the stores are scheduled to close on December 31, 2022.In mid-May, management indicated that three options were on the table, such as changes in locations or a reduction in surface“said Mr. Gondouin. “On May 31, the management finally explained to us that these options were not viable. There were tears, it’s a big blow».
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«The management is hiding behind financial difficulties known for almost a decade but which it thought could be circumvented with a technique of lease negotiations“, denounces FO in a press release. “Even if the management of C&A France feigns ignorance, the management of the group has communicated widely in other European countries on its desire to develop online sales, so there is reason to fear that other projects are in the pipeline. the pipes“Alerts the union again.
After these closures, C&A could only have two Parisian sites (Montparnasse and La Défense). C&A is one of Europe’s leading fashion and ready-to-wear players, with nearly 1,400 stores in 18 European countries and around 23,000 employees. In France, the brand has 20 stores and a few dozen corners, according to the specialized site FashionNetwork, which recalls that 336 jobs have been cut there over the past two years.