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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 February 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2014
Foreseen end date
30 November 2014
Description
Retailer Konzum, which is part of the Agrokor group, is to open two new shopping centres in the city of Zagreb and create about 200 new jobs. The new supermarket centre Super Konzum Stenjevac is due to open in mid-March 2014 and employ 60 people while the Gračani center is expected to open in November 2014 and employ 140. Reportedly, investments into these new shopping centres will contribute significantly to increasing employment and supporting the local economy.
Sources
27 February 2014: Poslovni dnevnik
27 February 2014: Limun
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Konzum, Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 76671, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76671.
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