A wave of bankruptcies in 2025 has deeply affected iconic French brands, especially in fashion and textiles, causing thousands of job losses and prompting judicial recoveries and liquidations.
Société Générale plans to cut 1,800 jobs in France by 2027 through natural attrition and internal mobility, avoiding forced layoffs, amid a broader cost-cutting reorganization.
Sales declines, butcher shop closures, and health concerns are reshaping the French meat sector in 2026, prompting adaptation efforts amid ongoing challenges.
Dumarey Powerglide to shut its Strasbourg plant in 2026, cutting 320 jobs amid a deepening automotive industry crisis.
The Douai Court of Appeal invalidates Auchan's job-cut social plan over procedural issues, sparking company appeals and union demands amid 2,400 affected jobs.
Thomson Computing's Stephan Français proposes a plan to revive the Brandt Orléans factory by hiring 150 workers amid the site’s recent judicial liquidation.
Brandt’s judicial liquidation causes 700 job losses despite efforts to save the company with a cooperative plan backed by regional and state support.
Brandt's forced liquidation ends France’s last large appliance manufacturing, eliminating over 700 jobs and extinguishing hopes for a cooperative rescue plan.
The Hagondange steel plant in France faces potential closure as the court reviews acquisition offers that propose large job cuts, prompting worker protests and government involvement.
France confronts a significant industrial decline marked by historic factory closures and job losses amid cautious efforts to boost reindustrialization and innovation.
Bouygues, Orange, and Free's €17 billion offer to buy SFR faces outright rejection from Altice France and sharp union warnings about massive job losses.
Major German automakers announced tens of thousands of job cuts amid declining European car sales and slow electric vehicle growth, raising concerns about the industry's sustainable transition.
The historic Cibem factory in Normandy will close due to ongoing financial struggles, affecting over 100 jobs and highlighting challenges in the local cheese packaging industry.
IKKS has been placed under judicial recovery, threatening over 1,000 jobs as it struggles with pandemic impacts, supply chain disruptions, and industry-wide economic challenges.
French companies tackle economic challenges with strategies ranging from job cuts to significant investments.
Orange's 'Regain' plan will affect over 20,000 employees as part of a major restructuring.
Valoregen's liquidation in Lot-et-Garonne raises economic alarm for local residents.
Microsoft plans to cut 10% of its workforce in France, impacting around 1,000 employees as part of a corporate restructuring effort.