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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
160 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
Portuguese producer of educational toys Science4you announced plans to open 40 new pop up stores and create 160 jobs until the end of 2014. The recruitment drive refers to management staff and sales assistants for the new stores as well as engineers for the R&D unit. Headquartered in Portugal, currently the company has 20 pop up stores throughout the country. As reported the firm also plans to expand in Spain and the UK.
Sources
27 August 2014: Boas Notícias Website
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Science4You, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 77484, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77484.
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