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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.59 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
IKEA, Swedish designer and retailer of household equipment, has announced that it will create 220 jobs at its new store in Lublin. The store, which will consist of about 34,000 m2, is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2017, but the company has started already recruiting. Currently, the company is looking for salespersons with knowledge of English and store replenishment staff with forklift certfication. IKEA has 340 stores in 28 countries. In Poland, IKEA has nine stores.
Sources
16 January 2017: Gazeta Wyborcza
18 January 2017: Property News
Citation
Eurofound (2017), IKEA, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 89801, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89801.
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