UK’s Debenhams likely to cut 1,400 jobs as it closes five stores | Malay Mail

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LONDON, May 7 — British department store group Debenhams said it will shut down five of its stores in Hammerson leading to potentially 1,400 job cuts, as it failed to agree rent terms with the mall operator. Retail property owners and tenants have been working together to defer rent payments and...

Pedestrians walk past the Debenhams store on Oxford Street, in central London, in this file photograph October 19, 2008. — Reuters pic

“We can confirm that despite our best efforts, we have been unable to agree terms with Hammerson on our five stores in its shopping centres, and so they will not be reopening”, Debenhams said in a statement. Debenhams’ spokesman said the company would shut down stores in Hammerson’s centres, including Bullring and Oracle.

 

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