Charlotte-based Belk department stores has announced it's laying off staff due to losses from the coronavirus outbreak.
Among the chain's nearly 300 stores are several Triad locations as well as a store in Boone.
Company officials declined to say how many workers are being laid off. It has about 20,000 total employees.
Belk says it's offering severance packages to those affected and called the layoff decision one of the hardest it's had to make in the company's 130-year history.
In the spring the company closed almost all of its locations because of COVID-19. Stores began to reopen in May.
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