Hundreds of jobs at risk as C&A shuts stores in France

The loan company to wear, which now has 100 stores and 1,500 employees in France, announced this project on 14 March to its employees. "In total, the project presented would lead to a maximum of 324 layoffs," said C & A.

Hundreds of jobs at risk as C&A shuts stores in France

Nearly quarter-of-a-century after it left the British high street, multinational clothing retailer C&A is slashing the number of stores it operates in France, putting more than 300 jobs at risk.

The company claims to be forced to close down in order to "ensure the company's sustainability." Trade unions denounce the chain of lay-offs plans in recent years.

The company, which now has 100 stores and 1,500 employees in France, announced this project on 14 March to its employees at a central social and economic committee.

Ready-to-wear retailer C&A announced a new wave of store closures in France on Friday, March 21, 2025. According to our colleagues at Le Parisien, the stores in Tours and Châteauroux-Cap Sud are affected.

The famous ready-to-wear brand, weakened by competition and changes in the market, has again reduced its workforce in France. The Dutch company C&A, an iconic figure in the fashion industry in France for half a century, has just unveiled a new restructuring plan, which envisages the abolition of 324 jobs and the closure of [...] L'article C&A announces a new social plan: 324 jobs threatened and 24 stores closed first appeared on Le Singulier.