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.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Information And Communication Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.43 - Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 February 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2013
Foreseen end date
28 February 2013
Description
Electronics household goods and high-tech products retailer Pixmania will close all 10 stores in France, making 150 people redundant.
This is part of a larger European costs savings plan, announced by British mother company Dixons Retail. Pixmania’s activities will be stopped in 12 of 26 European countries.
Sources
26 February 2013: Bloomberg
27 February 2013: Reuters
25 February 2013: Le Monde
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Pixmania, Closure in France, factsheet number 74981, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74981.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
