Asda has declined a last-ditch request from unions to remove the threat of dismissal from thousands of staff who will be sacked if they fail to sign compulsory contracts by the end of this week.
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NAM Implications:
- From a NAMs-eye-view, this important issue represents delay, distraction and demotivation in the aisle…
- …and could spread to the other mults…
- …meaning that the discounters/pound shops and other alternative routes to consumers become even more appealing.
- Time for a fundamental reassessment of your trade investment strategies…
- i.e. given its history, this issue is not going away soon…