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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
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
3 February 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
German discount chain Lidl is planning to start its operations in Lithuania and will create around 1,000 new jobs throughout the country by the end of 2016. According to the management, most of the new employees will be employed within the first few months of 2016. The company has already announced a variety of vacancies for different kind of professionals – from cashiers to financial managers. Currently Lidl Lietuva employs about 300 administrative staff.
Sources
3 February 2016: Verslo zinios
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Lidl Lietuva, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 86392, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86392.
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