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.
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.51 - Retail sale of textiles
125 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 June 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Swedish mail-order fashion and textile company, Halens, is cutting some 125 jobs at its warehouse facilities in Borås. The company has expanded significantly in Eastern Europe over the past two years and the current restructuring is a direct result of these expansions.
Before the restructuring Halens employed more than 300 people in Borås.
Eurofound (2010), Halens, Outsourcing in Sweden, factsheet number 70746, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70746.