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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Non-specialised retail sale 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 November 2023
Employment effect (start)
3 November 2023
Foreseen end date
30 November 2023
Description
The Croation supermarket and retail chain Konzum has announced the creation of 140 new jobs in two newly opened stores in Slavonski Brod.
This is Konzum's largest investment in network expansion in 2023. In addition to increasing its presence throughout the country with new investments, Konzum also hired more than 140 new employees for the regular operations of the newly opened stores, 50 of whom are employed in the new and large Super Konzum in a mall in Slavonski Brod.
Konzum is investing in the expansion and modernisation of its retail network in 2023 in the form of a large investment worth EUR 25 million.
Eurofound (2023), Konzum, Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 200476, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200476.
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