The retail vice president of Éxito warehouses Jorge Jaller referred to the closure of the Montería Centro warehouse before a local media and in the Business Strategies Forum led by FENALCO.
Grupo Calleja, the main shareholder of Éxito warehouses, began to put its hand into making the business and its operations in Colombia more profitable. “what is not useful is closed.”
Grupo Éxito closes stores that do not make money
In recent statements, Jorge Jaller from Éxito warehouses aligned himself with the order of the Calleja Group announcing the closure of the Éxito Montería Centro warehousea decision based on operational efficiency rather than economic factors of the country.
“We closed a store that you know called Éxito Montería Centro, but yesterday we opened two, in Puerto Gaitán and Granada, and next week we will open another. Last week we opened one in Guatapé.
That is to say, The closure of Montería Centro is a closure of operational efficiency performance, it is not an issue of the country’s economy. I believe that we must be honest,” explained the spokesperson.
In addition, it was highlighted that the national economic situation is influenced by global trends and not only by internal factors.
“The country’s economy does not depend on anything different from what is happening in the world. There is inflation all over the world. Let’s all go with positivism to continue building the country and continue generating employment.
We were able to relocate 75% of the people in the warehouse to our own stores and in the other high seasons we will call those who are missing to relocate.”
The spokesperson also emphasized the importance of discipline and business strategy to achieve success, highlighting that:
«We strongly believe that success does not depend on anyone other than your own business strength. I also said on the forum, success is not a stroke of luck, success is a beating of discipline. Discipline is what keeps you afloat or not..»
This restructuring underlines Grupo Éxito’s commitment to operational efficiency and its ability to adapt to the dynamics of the global market, maintaining a positive focus on the future and job creation in the country.
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