Halle and Andre will undergo drastic restructuring to announce Vivarte Tuesday April 7th. Halle will see 200 of its 620 stores closed. 1500 posts should also be removed. For Andrew, 37 store closings are planned on existing 160 currently. A hundred jobs will also be deleted.
“I feel anger for these people, these investors, these officials. I feel that this is a game, except that behind there are humans, there are employees, families “, protested an employee of The Halle.
Both brands belong to the Vivarte group that includes 16 brands as Naf Naf and Chevignon, 4800 outlets 17,000 employees. Initially Halle was Lowcost chain. But in 2012, management has changed strategy. Switching to high-end too quickly, customers did not follow. Worse, La Halle came André compete and resulted in his fall.
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