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 Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 47 - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
240 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
3 December 2007
Foreseen end date
20 March 2008
Description
The Swedish furniture manufacturer giant Ikea has announced that it is to invest EUR 40m in opening a new store (28,000 square meters) at Rouen, more specifically at Tourville la Rivière (Seine Maritime), deep in the north of France (Paris). 240 new jobs will be created in spring 2008. Ikea France, the second largest retailer of furniture in France, has 19 stores in the country and would like to own a total of 40 stores in 2016.
Sources
16 June 2006: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2006), IKEA, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 63632, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63632.
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