Understanding Games Proposes Closing

EB Games has made a proposal to close all its remaining stores in New Zealand, Games Proposes Closing as well as its NZ distribution centre, reports The New Zealand Herald.

Why Games Proposes Closing Matters

The proposal came as a letter sent to employees which explained “[t]his proposal is not final, and no decision will be made until we have completed a full consultation process in good faith with affected team members.”

The letter did, however, go on to confirm that if the proposal proceeds, all employment roles at EB Games New Zealand will vanish. The total number of job losses this will result in has not been reported. Employees have until January 12 to respond to the closure proposal.

EB Games’ Australian and NZ operation consists of 374 stores across the two countries, with 38 of them in New Zealand The chain remains a part of US video game retailer GameStop, which acquired the EB Games business back in the mid-2000s

However, while EB Games locations in the US were rebranded as GameStop, stores in Australia and NZ remained identified as EB Games only

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