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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.1 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006
Description
In autumn 2006, Romania Hypermarche shall finalise in autumn the construction of its third hypermarket Cora in Cluj, whill will be the first outside Bucharest. The total investment value will amount to EUR 166 millions. The third commercial complex increases the staff by 600 employees additional to the current 2,000 employees of the company.
Retail companies from Romania have stated that by the end of the year they will employ approximately 6,000 people due to territorial expansion and the opening of new stores. The number of new jobs announced that will be created by every company are: 2,000 by Real-Hypermarket (Metro Group); 1,300 by Carrefour Romania (Carrefour Group); 1,000 by MGV Distri-Hiper (Auchan operator on the Romanian market); 600 by Romania Hypermarche; 700 by Plus Discount.
Sources
6 June 2006: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Romania Hypermarche, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 63597, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63597.
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