Chinese sneakerheads’ favourite shopping app Dewu to cut 500 jobs as weak spending persists
中国运动鞋爱好者最爱的购物应用“得物”将裁员500人
Shanghai-based e-commerce app Dewu, a popular option among young Chinese consumers looking for niche brands, will trim its workforce by 5 per cent amid weak Chinese consumer spending, according to an internal letter to employees on Wednesday.
总部位于上海的电子商务应用”得物”，是中国年轻消费者寻找小众品牌时的热门选择，在周三向员工发出的内部信中宣布，由于中国消费者支出疲软，将裁员5%。
Dewu employees who received the letter, and declined to be named as they are not authorised to speak on the matter, said the job cuts will affect approximately 500 positions out of the total payroll of 10,000. Dewu – which started in 2015 as an online community sharing data about sports, shoes and fashion – has decided to cut jobs as it tries to suspend or reduce resources used for “low-yield” projects amid a grim market environment, according to the letter.
收到信件的得物员工，因未获授权谈论此事而不愿透露姓名，他们说裁员将影响大约500个职位，占总员工人数的5%。得物——这个平台始于2015年，最初是一个在线社区，分享有关运动、鞋子和时尚的数据——在信中表示，由于市场环境严峻，它决定裁员，试图暂停或减少对“低收益”项目的资源使用。
