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
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
The Swedish furniture manufacturer Ikea announced on 19 February 2007 that it is going to invest in a new store in Fleury sur Orne (Calvados) in the north of Paris. The store will open in winter 2010 and Ikea, the second largest retailer of furniture in France, is expecting to create 350 new jobs before December 2010. Ikea France has confirmed its plans to own 40 stores in the country by 2016.
Sources
20 February 2007: Ouest France
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Ikea, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64955, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64955.
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