The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.59 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
11 April 2022
Foreseen end date
30 September 2022
Description
IKEA, the Swedish company selling furniture and other household articles, will open a new store in Estonia in Autumn and will create nearly 300 new jobs. New positions will be in sales, logistics, customer service and food departments. The store will be the first, proper IKEA store in Estonia. In 2019, the first IKEA store was opened in Estonia, but was only introducing available products, accepting and delivering orders from the e-store. A planning and consultation unit was opened in South-Estonia in October 2021.
Eurofound (2022), IKEA, Business expansion in Estonia, factsheet number 106614, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106614.
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