Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The toys retailer PicWicToys has announced a regorganisation that will lead to 447 job cuts from a total workforce of 1,237 employees. The announcement arrives less than a year after Luderix International, the parent company of PicWicToys, took over the French Toys'r Us stores. This restructuring is mainly due to a 14% drop in its turnover following the social movements at the end of 2019 ("gilet jaunes" ) and the coronavirus crisis. The restructuring will involve "closure of a warehouse unsuited to current needs", the closure of one of its two central purchasing units and the closure of 23 stores out of a total of 63. 'The company indicated that it intends to accelerate the implementation of its new business and economic model based on digital technology and in-store customer experience'.
Eurofound (2020), PicWicToys, Closure in France, factsheet number 100790, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/100790.
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