Division of Sony Electronics announced the forthcoming reduction of one-third of its staff, which is about 1,000 employees, according to news agency Bloomberg. This will be become part of global job cuts, started the parent company - in this month Sony announced the impending dismissal of 5000 employees worldwide. Along the way, Sony plans to sell the business of manufacturing laptops and highlight the production of television sets in the individual units.
Sony also will close 20 branded stores in the U.S. from 31 available. The Japanese company is going to pay more attention to emerging markets, while the U.S. trade representative Sony stored only near large cities like New York or Los Angeles. Incidentally, Sony store building in New York - just store takes only two floors above are offices Sony - last year it was sold for $ 1.1 billion.
Sony forced to take unpopular measures in connection with the projected losses. The Company expects that this year will be $ 1.1 Loss billion as reduced demand for televisions and personal computers.