Auchan announces the elimination of 1,475 jobs

An Auchan store sign.

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The management of the distributor Auchan Retail France announced on Wednesday a plan which provides for the elimination of 1,475 jobs, to "adapt" "its organization to the new expectations of consumers and citizens".

377 positions would also be created.

An extraordinary social and economic committee has been held in Hem near Lille since Tuesday.

To “move on to the second phase of its transformation plan”, the group relies “on adapting the organization of hypermarkets, the merchandise chain and after-sales service” and on “digital proximity, a which could allow the creation of around 600 jobs.

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The company wants to “double food sales in digital commerce” by 2022 and intends to “establish unified management of the merchandise chain, from supplier to customer”, “accelerate the digitization of the Auchan offer and customer shopping routes ”and“ pooling support activities in hypermarkets ”.

“The job of host and cashier is not affected by job cuts,” she emphasizes.

The company also wants to close the meat cutting workshop in Lieusaint (Seine-et-Marne), which employs 57 people.

"The digitization of after-sales service would make it possible to strengthen the autonomy of the customer in taking charge and respond to the decline in the consumer electronics market which has led to a 45% decline in after-sales service activity in ten years. ", Advances Auchan Retail France, which" would result in the closure of 9 of the 11 repair centers (those in Aubagne and Trappes would be retained) and the elimination of after-sales services in hypermarkets ".

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