Not quite the announcement the govt would want six weeks from an election.
Workers already copping it with uncertain hours now facing no job at all!
Wages are so low for most it's no wonder that retail spending is sinking.
"Woolworths to shut 30 of its Big W stores amid retail gloom
By business reporter Sue Lannin
Updated 19 minutes ago
PHOTO: The stores are closing in a bid to lift profitability. (Supplied: Westfield)
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AUDIO: Big W stores face axe as retail slump, online sales bite(The World Today)
Woolworths plans to close approximately 30 Big W stores over the next three years as well as two distribution centres in regional Queensland and South Australia.
Key points:
- Woolworths owns Big W, and has not ruled out selling the entire network
- The closure of 30 stores represents 16pc of all Big W stores
- There is uncertainty about whether affected workers will be redeployed elsewhere
The move follows a review of its 183 Big W stores across the country amid losses at the budget department store chain due to tough competition in the retail industry."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04...g-its-w-stores-over-next-three-years/10958700
