Kurt Geiger plans 500 job cuts over U.K. plan to drop tax-free shopping

Kurt Geiger

Kurt Geiger, a luxury footwear and accessories retailer, plans 500 job cuts, affecting over a quarter of its workforce, early next year after the British government announced that it would abolish tax-free shopping on Dec. 31. The standard value-added tax (VAT) is 20 percent in the U.K.

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