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Canada's largest department store chain is slashing 1,000 jobs across Canada, or 5 per cent of its full-time workforce, citing the need to cut costs.4 M/ l$ Y/ W2 E x# R: p
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Hudson's Bay Co. said today that the job losses, which affect mainly head office staff in accounting, information technology and logistics, would help it save $150 million a year.) }* \: W' C' p4 i1 D
. N+ u( [% z- x- m9 _" p! FThe job cuts, effective today, are the result of a strategic decision by Hudson's Bay's new U.S. owners to combine more of its Canadian and U.S. operations to save money.3 Y' k$ b8 Z6 W, `2 o& A
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But there could be more cost-cutting if business conditions worsen, the retailer warned. |
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