Housekeeping seems to be close to the highest of Boohoo’s ‘to do’ checklist in January.
After information that it’s contemplating closing its two-year-old, state-of-the-art manufacturing unit in Leicester earlier this month, the style e-tailer now needs to shut its Daventry warehouse because it seems to streamline its distribution community. Round 400 jobs are in danger.
The Daventry website has been within the information rather a lot throughout its historical past having develop into obtainable on the collapse of Arcadia. Boohoo opened the Northamptonshire distribution centre in 2021 following the acquisition of Debenhams and Arcadia Group manufacturers Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis.
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It comes only a month after Boohoo revealed it’s additionally closing its fledging Wellingborough, Northamptonshire distribution centre, which put 420 roles in danger. The warehouse providers its Boohoo, BoohooMan, MissPap, Karen Millen, Coast, Dorothy Perkins, Oasis, Burton, Wallis and Debenhams manufacturers.
The closures observe the opening of Boohoo’s US distribution centre in Pennsylvania final yr and a £150 million funding in its now-fully automated Sheffield warehouse. It additionally operates one other warehouse in Burnley.
A spokesperson for Boohoo Group mentioned: “For the previous three years, our Daventry distribution centre has performed an necessary function in Boohoo Group’s UK operation.
“As our enterprise and buyer wants evolve, the group has taken the troublesome however vital choice to shut our Daventry operation and divert funding to different UK websites, with a view to higher serve our clients around the globe.
“We’re working carefully with all affected colleagues to make sure they’re absolutely supported all through this time.”
