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 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
90 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
11 December 2015
Foreseen end date
30 June 2016
Description
Heine, a German fashion and home ware online and mail-order retailer, will cut 90 out of 590 jobs at its headquarter in Karlsruhe by mid-2016. According to the company, the job cuts are due to strong competition in the market. The workers' committee has already negotiated a redundancy plan.
Heine was founded in 1951. Since 1976, the company has been part of the Otto Group which is one of the biggest German online retailers, currently employing around 4,300 people in Germany within its numerous subsidies.
Sources
11 December 2015: Focus Online
15 December 2015: Textilwirtschaft Online
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Heine, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 86034, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86034.
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