According to the French “Tribune” report, the French women’s clothing brand 3 SUISSES Group, the second largest online shopping group in France, confirmed that it would lay off 674 people, accounting for more than 20% of its total employees. Due to the gradual growth of online shopping sales volume, the group conducted a study on its sales business at the end of 2008 and then restructured it. In the face of the crisis, the focus of the reorganization is to merge 354 employees from five central businesses in France, namely Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nancy, and Rouen, to Croix in the northern province, which may add 150 new positions.
Reports say that the group’s general services business, logistics and mail may be affected because the group has decided to increase the share of online sales in its turnover to 40%, which was close to 67% in 2008. According to reports, the mail-order business is currently entering a difficult period. At the end of 2008, another French mail-order group, La Redoute, announced that it would lay off 672 employees within four years. In 2007, Camif, a large mail-order business, filed for bankruptcy.
