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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
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 December 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2012
Description
Spanish retail group El Corte Ingles has announced the opening of its new Hipercor store in Turrunelos (Cordoba) in the first half of 2012. Some 800 new jobs will be created. The recruitment has already started with 60 people selected so far. Construction work started in mid-2008 and is now complete.
The firm also plans to open two other Hipercor stores, respectively in Faro del Guadiana (Badajoz) and Puerto Venecia Shopping Centre in Zaragoza.
Sources
20 July 2011: El dia de Cordoba
13 December 2011: Alimarket
Citation
Eurofound (2011), El Corte Ingles, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 73359, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73359.
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