Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Retail
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Retail Sale Of Cultural And Recreation Goods In Specialised Stores
47.64 - Retail sale of sporting equipment in specialised stores

250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
10 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
30 March 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015

Description

Golf retailer American Golf has announced that it is to create 250 jobs in the UK in the next 3 years. The retailer is planning on opening 30 new stores over the next 3 years with ten opening within the first quarter of this year.  The chain which has 100 stores announced a 3% increase in sales over the last year.


Sources

  • 11 March 2013: Insider News
  • 10 March 2013: The Telegraph

Citation

Eurofound (2013), American Golf UK, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75066, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75066.