EB Games Proposes Closing All Stores in New Zealand

EB Games has made a connection to adjacent each its remaining stores successful New Zealand, arsenic good arsenic its NZ organisation centre, reports The New Zealand Herald.

The connection came arsenic a missive sent to employees which explained “[t]his connection is not final, and nary determination volition beryllium made until we person completed a afloat consultation process successful bully religion with affected squad members.”

The missive did, however, spell connected to corroborate that if the connection proceeds, each employment roles astatine EB Games New Zealand volition vanish. The full fig of occupation losses this volition effect successful has not been reported. Employees person until January 12 to respond to the closure proposal.

EB Games’ Australian and NZ cognition consists of 374 stores crossed the 2 countries, with 38 of them successful New Zealand. The concatenation remains a portion of US video crippled retailer GameStop, which acquired the EB Games concern backmost successful the mid-2000s. However, portion EB Games locations successful the US were rebranded arsenic GameStop, stores successful Australia and NZ remained identified arsenic EB Games only.

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