Type
Internal restructuring
Country
France
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Retail
Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Wholesale Of Household Goods
46.42 - Wholesale of clothing and footwear

189 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
16 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020

Description

The Gifi group's has announced a reorganisation of its subsidiary Tati, acquired in 2017 from the Eram group, which will result in 189 job cuts. A social plan will be launched with reemployment measures. Thirteen Tati stores will close in 2019 and about 30 others will become Gifi stores. Other stores will be taken over by Gifis' managers under a new brand. In 2020, there will only be one Tati store left in France, the one in Barbès, in Paris. Tati's losses were too high in 2018 (€28 million), according to management.

The 'yellow vest' crisis is pointed out to explain, in part, the failure of Tati's relaunch. But the trade in low-cost textiles remains a difficult market in France with increased competition. A former reogarnisation was recorded in 2004 with 297 job cuts on a total workforce of 997 employees. The group Gifi employs 9,500 people in France.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Tati, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 98176, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98176.