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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.77 - Retail sale of watches and jewellery
170 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 January 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
On 21 January 2014 jewelery chain Siebel was declared bankrupt. All 36 shops were closed and 170 jobs will be lost, unless there is a takeover of all or part of the stores. The background is a dramatic loss of turnover due to customers spending far less than before the crisis.
Sources
22 January 2014: NRC Handelsblad
18 January 2014: De Volkskrant
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Siebel, Bankruptcy in Netherlands, factsheet number 76529, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76529.