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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 June 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
6 June 2024
Description
Italian fashion retailer OVS announced an expansion plan consisting in the opening of around 400 new stores and the recruitment of around 1,200-1,300 new workers over the next three years.
These stores will be mainly located in small towns, and be developed also through new acquisitions and alliances, involving also entrepreneurs of the sector which otherwise would leave the business.
The announced plan is the Italian chapter of a broader expansion plan which foresees the opening of 600 stores and new hirings for about 2,000 people.
Eurofound (2021), OVS, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 105339, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105339.
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