Verizon to shed 274 stores, lay off another 500 corporate employees


A contract crew from Verizon installs 5G telecommunications equipment on a tower in Orem, Utah, U.S. December 3, 2019. Picture taken December 3, 2019. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo

July ⁠16 (Reuters) - U.S. wireless ⁠carrier Verizon said ‌it will sell 274 company-owned retail locations and ​cut about ⁠500 corporate ⁠jobs as part of ⁠its ongoing ‌restructuring.

In total, the ⁠moves will impact about ​3,000 ‌retail and corporate ⁠employees. Verizon ​will own 1,000 stores after ⁠the sale effective ​Aug. 16. In May, Verizon eliminated several ⁠hundred jobs after announcing in November it was cutting ​more ⁠than 13,000 jobs ​in its ‌largest single round ​of layoffs.

(Reporting by David Shepardson)

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