Research In Motion reducing retail outlets, jobs

Posted Aug 2, 2012 2:01 am.

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Research In Motion is reportedly closing the doors to its North American retail stores and could be about to cut another 3,000 jobs.

The Waterloo, Ontario-based company declined to confirm a report from online magazine Cantech, a letter which says further job cuts would be revealed August 13th.

The cuts would be in addition to the 5,000 layoffs the company announced earlier this year.

RIM has been working to turn around its operations after watching its market share erode as consumers switched to Apple’s iPhone and other Smartphones running Google’s Android operating system.

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