Vodafone to close all proprietary stores in Spain by March, union says
MADRID (Reuters) – British cell and broadband operator Vodafone will shut all 34 of its proprietary stores in Spain by March 2022, a labour union provide acknowledged on Tuesday, as part of a wider plan to lay off over 500 staff in a hyper-competitive telecommunications sector.
Arguing that purchasers have turn into further digital and need a lot much less personalised consideration, Vodafone will search to close every retailer it operates in Spain in the next six months, leaving solely the mannequin’s franchises behind, the provision from most important union Comisiones Obreras acknowledged.
The telecom had earlier this month launched it might negotiate the layoff of spherical 515 staff, some 12% of its Spanish workforce, citing “troublesome conditions on the aggressive Spanish market”.
That amount has already been trimmed to 509, in accordance to a separate provide from the UGT union, which represents about half of syndicated staff. Nearly …