Coles Offshores Several Hundred Jobs to India via Accenture Partnership
Coles will offshore several hundred jobs to India through a multi-year partnership with Accenture, citing a more competitive retail sector and aiming to reduce the cost of backroom operations. Coles says it will redeploy affected workers where possible and offer reskilling and pathways to other roles. The company also says this change affects only a small share of its 115,000 employees and that store expansion will help offset job losses.