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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
26 September 2023
Employment effect (start)
26 September 2023
Foreseen end date
Description
As announced on 26 September 2023, the Austrian furniture retailer XXXLutz has announced the expansion of its German headquarters in Würzburg and the creation of 300 new jobs.
The company intends to accommodate its e-commerce, personnel, and IT departments at the expanded headquarter. Four years after opening its German headquarter, XXXLutz decided to expand the building and create space for 300 new employees. After the expansion, XXXLutz will have 700 employees at its headquarter in Würzburg, and 1100 in the Würzburg area in total.
Eurofound (2023), XXXLutz, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 200351, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200351.
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