UK retailer Marks and Spencer to cut 7,000 jobs due to Covid-19

Logo above the entrance to a M&S (Marks and Spencer) store in central London. Credit: AFP Photo

Marks and Spencer, the British retail chain selling clothing and food, is to cut around 7,000 jobs as the coronavirus pandemic keeps shoppers away from its stores, it announced Tuesday.

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The job cuts, to be carried out over the next three months, include losses from its central support centre, in regional management and in its UK stores, M&S said in a statement.

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