On these differences there is no was filtered

Employees affected by the social plans announced in the Redoubt and 3 Swiss are not the only victims of the crisis in the two French leaders of sale remote (VAD). Their leaders, too, are the costs. Nicolas Bernard, named CEO of the Redoubt - the flagship of the Group Redcats, number three world of the VAD - in May 2008, after having been the Director General entre 2000 and 2004, and was thanked last week. After 27 years of faithful service, he "left the band due to differences of views", said the subsidiary of Pinault-spring-Redoute (PPR) in a press release.

On these differences, there is no was filtered. What is certain, is that Jean-Michel black, the new CEO of the Group Redcats - arrived in April, after a few months of the vacancy-, decided to take direct action, assuming now the Presidency of the Redoubt and appointing Nathalie Balla Executive Director of the number a French of the VAD.

Previously Director General Robert Klingel Europe, the fourth German véadiste, she will take office August 31. "This decision reflects the will of Redcats to inject a new dynamic to the Redoubt to accelerate the recovery of its activity and its competitiveness," the group said in a release.

Frustrated unions

In a year, Nicolas Bernard has had just the time to develop the "stimulus plan", presented in October, to remove 672 posts to La Redoute, a workforce of 5,000 employees. This plan was designed to "restore competitiveness" and to adapt the structures of the company to respond "to the decline of the VPC Sales traditional that does not sufficiently compensate for the development of the Web".

For the unions, the announcement of his departure only confirms "that the véadiste policy is decided in Paris and that the decision centre moves." Jean-Christophe Leroy, delegate CGT, La Redoute frames, whose historic headquarters is in Roubaix, "are in train to migrate to the level of the group". Noting that the strength of La Redoute has melted to a third party in a decade while employees attended a parade of leaders, the syndicaliste denounces the shareholder: "the CEO change, but Pinault remains."

In 3 Swiss also heads change. Having succeeded end octobre Jean-Marie Bouckaert - party three years after his appointment to strategic differences-, Pascal Gires will be remained barely seven months in the direction of 3 Swiss France. For the former Director of the international activities of the design and mettre place a recovery plan, the key, 674 deletes posts, on a workforce of 2.930 employees. It remains in the Group of mission on the process of customer service until late October.

This is Laurence Paganini, former CEO of Marionnaud, replaced. "Pascal Gires was on a mission, restructuring the company and redefine the issues, he has met", says the group to justify this reorganization. "The evolution of our profession, which requires a transformation of the company, generates regular changes of our Organization," it adds on bottom of new chart (box read), announced at the Board of Directors of the group, July 6.