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Transportation / Storage 53 - Postal and courier activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
DHL, the mail delivery group of Deutsche Post, will cut another 200 jobs because of the bankruptcy of German mail-order retailer Quelle. In September, DHL had already announced the cutting of 560 jobs in response to the insolvency of Arcandor, Quelle's mother company (se related fact sheet 14571). These job cuts have already been enacted. This job cutting plan refer to the delivery service of Quelle's catalogue.
Sources
21 October 2009: Handelsblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2009), DHL, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 69729, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69729.