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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.78 - Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 December 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Leroy Merlin, the French multinational specialized in the reatil of DIY, construction, decoration, and gardening products, has opened its new shop in Adeje (Tenerife), creating 170 direct jobs, as well as 50 indirect jobs. The company has invested 27 million euros in its fifth reatil spot in the Canary Islands. The shop, with a sales area of more than 11,000 square metres, has an efficient energy and resource management model, including a certified wood structure and A energy certification, which means a 21% energy saving.
Eurofound (2021), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 106051, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106051.
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