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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.52 - Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
30 June 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
French retailer Leroy Merlin will complete the rebranding process of the bauMax stores in mid-2016, reaching a network of 16 stores by the end of next year. The company will hire another 600 people for the new units. It currently has some 1,300 employees. The long-term plan is to operate between 20 and 25 units in the local market.
Sources
4 November 2015: Ziarul Financiar
4 November 2015: Economia.net
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Leroy Merlin Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 85442, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85442.
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