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US leather clothing retailer axes100 stores, lays off 1,000

02/02/2004

Wilsons the Leather Experts Inc has announced it is to close up to 100 stores and lay off around 1,000 workers after suffering a poor holiday season.

 

The American company will eliminate 950 store-related positions, as well as around 70 positions at its corporate headquarters in Brooklyn Park and at its distribution centres in Minnesota and Nevada.

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