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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 June 2021
Employment effect (start)
16 June 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
SPAR Slovenija, a subsidiary of the multinational group SPAR and the second-largest retail chain in Slovenia, plans to employ 300 employees until the end of 2021. It has already hired 200 new workers and intends to employ 300 more this year. New employments are a result of the expansion of the sales network.
Eurofound (2021), Spar Slovenija, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 104947, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104947.
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