Harrods, a luxury department store in the UK, will reduce approximately 670 people Corona impact July 2, 6:06
Harrods, a British luxury department store, said it would take about 670, or 14%, of its employees, saying that it would take time to recover the sales that fell due to the new coronavirus.
Harrods is a long-established luxury department store with a store in the center of London, and it is also popular with tourists visiting from overseas such as Japan, but sales have dropped due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, Of the 4,800 employees a day, it announced a policy of reducing approximately 670, up to 14%.
"Harrods" said in a message to employees, "The number of major overseas customers has been lost due to the dramatic decrease in overseas tourists, and it is expected that there will be a considerable time for recovery." Explains that it is difficult to maintain.
In the UK, although economic activity is resuming, it will take time for businesses to return to their pre-infection status.Therefore, an increasing number of companies are revising their workforce in a wide range of industries such as retail and aviation. There is growing concern that the impact will spread further.