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Virgin Media stores are set to remain closed permanently after lockdown restrictions as the media retailer prepares to disappear from the UK’s highstreets.

53 stores shut and hundreds of jobs lost as Virgin Media closes stores for good

June 1, 2020

Virgin Media stores are set to remain closed permanently after lockdown restrictions as the media retailer prepares to disappear from the UK’s highstreets. Fifty-three Virgin Media stores across the UK…

Deliveroo is understood to have appointed Goldman Sachs to start working on plans for an initial public offering (IPO).

Deliveroo to slash 367 jobs and furlough 50 more as it struggles amid lockdown

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Amazon Coronavirus COVID 19 Deliveroo Delivery Furlough Job Cuts

May 1, 2020

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Deliveroo is set to slash around 15 per cent of its work force leading to hundreds of redundancies as it struggles to operate during the pandemic. The UK delivery start-up…

Casper Sleep is closing down all of its European operations while laying off around “21 per cent of its corporate workforce globally” as it continues to struggle after its IPO.

Casper lays off 21% of workforce as it shuts all European operations

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Casper Europe Initial Public Offering IPO Job Cuts Sleep

April 23, 2020

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Casper Sleep is closing down all of its European operations while laying off around “21 per cent of its corporate workforce globally” as it continues to struggle after its IPO.…

Hewlett Packard Company is planning to slash 16 per cent of its workforce threatening thousands of jobs in a move it says will save it $1 billion by 2022.

HP to slash nearly 10,000 jobs

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Hewlett Packard HP Job Cuts

October 7, 2019

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Hewlett Packard Company is planning to slash 16 per cent of its workforce threatening thousands of jobs in a move it says will save it $1 billion by 2022. HP,…

JD.com and Alibaba raked in more than $130 billion (£104 billion) during the ‘618’ shopping festival in signs that the world’s second largest economy is returning to health.

JD.com reportedly preparing to sack up to 8% of workforce

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Chen Zhang JD.com Job Cuts Rain Yu Long Ye Lan

April 10, 2019

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JD.com is poised to unleash significant job cuts across its business with some departments due to lose up to half their staff. According to Bloomberg, sources close to the matter…

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It is the first mile, not the last mile, where brands evolve to meet the shifting behaviours of their customers and (crucially) ensure the well-being of employees and consumer alike during the pandemic.

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Job Cuts

53 stores shut and hundreds of jobs lost as Virgin Media closes stores for good

Deliveroo to slash 367 jobs and furlough 50 more as it struggles amid lockdown