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Manufacturing (31) Manufacture of furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
230 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 October 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2011
Description
Ikea, an international manufacturer and retailer of furnishing products, is to create 230 new jobs, with the opening of a new store in San Giovanni Teatino, in the province of Chieti. The new store will be opened by the end of June 2011.
In Italy, Ikea has 6,300 employees and in 2011 it will have 20 stores.
Sources
26 October 2010: Il Pescara
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Ikea, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 71086, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71086.