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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.75 - Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 July 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
The retailer Risparmio Casa announced a plan entailing the hiring of 400 workers and the expansion of its commercial network, through the opening of 14 new sales points and the restructuring of three. Each new store will approximately employ 30 staff.
The new sales points will be located in the Centre-North of the country, in partucular in Ferrara, Coriano (RN), Castelfranco Emilia (MO), Beinasco (TO), Castione Andevenno (SO), Albenga (SV), Ambivere (BG), Osnago (LC), Calenzano (FI), Alessandria, Firenze Novoli, Monterosi (VT) and Buccinasco (MI).
Currently the company employs around 2,000 workers in more than 100 sales points all over the country, and plans to reach 200 sales points by the end of 2025.
Eurofound (2020), Risparmio Casa, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 101512, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101512.
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