UK Retailer Debenhams Sheds 2,500 Jobs in Latest Blow to Stores Sector

UK Retailer Debenhams Sheds 2,500 Jobs in Latest Blow to Stores Sector
A cyclist wearing a mask goes past Debenhams in Oxford Circus, London, on May 28, 2020. Hannah McKay/ Reuters
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LONDON—Struggling British department store chain Debenhams is to cut a further 2,500 jobs, dealing the latest blow to the country’s battered retail sector from the COVID-19 crisis.

Debenhams shed hundreds of head office jobs in May and its latest round of redundancies adds to thousands already announced by major British retailers, including Marks & Spencer, Boots, John Lewis and WH Smith.