“Peek & Cloppenburg: Restructuring and Job Cuts amid Pandemic Challenges”

2023-05-16 05:31:00

Peek & Cloppenburg

Founded in 1869, the company lost around a third of its sales during the pandemic.

(Photo: Markus Kaiser/PuC)

Düsseldorf The ailing fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf (P&C) is serious regarding restructuring its German business: last Friday it was announced internally that 350 of the 1,500 jobs at the headquarters would be cut. A whole hierarchical level directly below the management is eliminated. “Now the management is closer to the machine room and thus closer to the customer,” explains Managing Director Thomas Freude in an interview with the Handelsblatt.

Freude emphasized that the imbalance arose because the online business is heavily in deficit. This had been thought too big, and that must now be corrected. “The stationary business is definitely profitable and sustainable today,” said the managing director, who has only been in office since January. That is why it is also planned not to close any of the 67 houses in Germany.

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