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Eleven Bendigo employees will lose their jobs, the entire store workforce.
Earlier:
BENDIGO'S Harris Scarfe store will close after the chain entered receivership in December.
The Kangaroo Flat store is one of three Victorian stores set to shut in the next four weeks. Twenty-one Victorian stores will continue to trade.
About 88 full time, 128 part-time and 224 casual positions will be affected across the country.
Bendigo's Harris Scarfe store opened in August 2017 in the Rocklea Homemaker Centre, Kangaroo Flat. It was reported to create at least 10 local jobs at the time.
The Bendigo Advertiser not yet been able to confirm how many jobs will be affected at the Kangaroo Flat store.
Receivers Deloitte Australia announced to employees on Monday January 6 that 21 stores would be shut in Victoria, NSW, Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT.
AAP reports twenty-one Harris Scarfe stores across five states will close over the next four weeks after the retailer was placed in receivership in December.
The administrators say 44 stores will continue to trade with the group offered for sale.
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Deloitte Restructuring Services partner Vaughan Strawbridge says the move to close stores was a difficult decision but necessary to position the Harris Scarfe business for a successful sale.
"All efforts are being made to redeploy affected staff around the rest of the store network, and all staff that leave the business will receive all wages and entitlements in full on the closure of individual stores," Mr Strawbridge said.
"Our review of the store network included a range of factors, including past and likely future profitability.
"Going forward, we certainly remain focused on running the broader store network and selling the business as the best outcome for remaining employees and suppliers."
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