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Wal-Mart's Japan unit cuts jobs, sees bigger loss
TOKYO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's (WMT.N: Quote, Profile , Research) Japanese unit, Seiyu Ltd (8268.T: Quote, NEWS , Research), boosted its annual loss forecast by 76 percent due to a charge to cut about 7 percent of its work force as it battles sluggish sales.
The world's largest retailer has invested more than $1 billion in the 393-store Japanese supermarket chain since 2002, but has yet to see anything more than temporary upswings in sales amid tough competition with rivals such as Aeon Co (8267.T: Quote, NEWS , Research).
Seiyu is headed for its sixth straight annual loss in 2007, giving rise to speculation that Wal-Mart may consider withdrawing from Japan, the world's second-largest retail market, as it did from South Korea and Germany last year.
Seiyu, 53.6 percent owned by Wal-Mart, said it would offer early retirement for 450 employees out of a group work force of about 6,500. The program mainly targets headquarters staff and there are currently no plans for shop closures, Seiyu said.
It will book a charge of 4.5 billion yen ($39.15 million) for the program, and accordingly widened its 2007 group net loss forecast by that amount to 10.4 billion yen. The retailer kept its forecasts for operating profit and sales unchanged.
Seiyu, which eliminated about 1,600 jobs in 2004, said this would be the last time it needed to carry out big job cuts.
"I don't think we will need this kind of restructuring (in the future)," Seiyu Chief Operating Officer Toru Noda told a news conference, adding that he also did not expect the retailer would need to close stores.
Prior to the earnings announcement, shares of Seiyu ended down 7.5 percent at 86 yen. The stock has shed about 38 percent since the start of 2007, underperforming a 22 percent fall in Japan's retail sector subindex during the same period.
It has lost four-fifths of its value since Wal-Mart first took a small stake in May 2002.
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西友が早期希望退職者４５０人募集 赤字は１００億円超
2007年09月18日23時52分
米ウォルマート・ストアーズ傘下の大手スーパー、西友は１８日、地域子会社５社を含む正社員約４５０人の早期希望退職を実施すると発表した。退職金とし て想定する４５億円を特別損失に計上する結果、０７年１２月期の当期赤字は５９億円（８月時点予想）から１０４億円に拡大する見通し。６期連続の赤字とな る中、いっそうの経費削減や事業効率化を目指す考えだ。
希望退職の期間は１０月８～３１日。４４～５９歳で勤続３年以上の正社員が対象。該当する社員は全社員約６５００人の３割に相当し、管 理職が中心になる見込みだ。ウォルマートの傘下に入った０２年以降、西友が人員を削減するのは、０４年に１６００人規模で実施したのに続いて２度目。
今回の人員削減について、野田亨最高執行責任者は「グループ間で重複していた管理部門の仕事の無駄を省く。ウォルマートの指示ではない」と説明した。店舗閉鎖を含む、さらなるリストラは想定していないという。
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