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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.19 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006
Description
On 5 October 2006, the largest retail company in the Czech Republic, Tesco, will open its new hypermarket in Písek where 200 people will find their jobs. Tesco also announced it would open another 3 supermarkets in the region (Bechyně, Veselí nad Lužnicí, Vodňany) and hire 100 people there by the end of 2006. Overall, Tesco has 77 shops in the country and employs roughly 12,800 people.
Sources
5 October 2006: Hospodárske noviny
4 October 2006: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Tesco Stores ČR, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 64197, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64197.
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