36 Irish jobs are to be cut after footwear retail chain Barratts today confirmed massive job losses, including the closure of all its Irish concession stores.
The concessions in question are Barratts outlets that are within department stores and as such, the job cuts outlined today do not mean the closure of the chain’s Irish high street stores.
However, today’s news spells the ultimate loss of 1,610 jobs across the entire Barratts brand. The news was made by Deloitte administrators after they had been unable to find a buyer for the company, which had 3,840 staff at the time of its collapse in 2009.
“Following a marketing of the Barratts Priceless businesses it is clear that a satisfactory sale of the concession to a new party will not be achieved,” announced Deloitte partner Adam Butters today.
“Accordingly, the joint administrators have regretfully had to make approximately 1,610 Barratts Priceless group full and part time employees working in the various concessions redundant.”
Barratts are still seeking a buyer for their 173 high street stores acros the UK and Ireland, though the company saw 18 store closures over Christmas.
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