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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 November 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
Maxima Eesti, part of the international retail chain, has announced plans to recruit around 600 new employees during 2011 for a dozen new stores across Estonia. The company is planning to open large stores in cities like Tallinn and Pärnu as well as in smaller towns. Maxima Grupe is based in the Lithuanian capital and is one of the largest employers in the Baltic States with approximately 23,500 employees. Currently the Maxima Grupe has a total of 426 stores, 52 of them were located in Estonia.
Sources
22 November 2010: Aripaev
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Citation
Eurofound (2010), MAXIMA Eesti, Business expansion in Estonia, factsheet number 71308, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71308.
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