{"id":6397,"date":"2019-01-16T14:09:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/clarks-robot-assisted-shoe-factory-in-street-may-close\/"},"modified":"2019-01-16T14:09:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:09:23","slug":"clarks-robot-assisted-shoe-factory-in-street-may-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/clarks-robot-assisted-shoe-factory-in-street-may-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarks ‘robot-assisted’ shoe factory in Street may close"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The shoe retailer Clarks has announced its UK factory could close.<\/p>\n

The firm opened a new manufacturing unit in 2017, featuring “robot-assisted” technology, at its headquarters in Street, Somerset.<\/p>\n

Up to 300,000 pairs a year of the footwear firm’s desert boots were to be made at the facility, creating up to 80 technical and managerial jobs.<\/p>\n

But the firm is now consulting on its closure after those targets were not met.<\/p>\n

“Despite best efforts, we have determined that the levels of production and cost targets we hoped for will not be reached in the short to medium term,” Clarks said in a statement.<\/p>\n

They are now “proposing to cease production and close the facility” and staff are subject to a 30-day consultation process.<\/p>\n

“We have a strong duty of care to all our employees and will ensure they are actively supported throughout the process,” they added.<\/p>\n

The company started making shoes in the county in 1825 but production was moved from to the Far East in 2005.<\/p>\n

The last remaining Clarks plant in the UK – Millom in Cumbria – closed in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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