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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
French DIY chain Leroy Merlin has announced that it will create 220 jobs at its new store in Mirków near Wrocław. The company will hire customer advisers, logistics staff, cashiers and managers. The unit is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2017. The store, having an area of 12,500 m2, will operate as a second Leroy Merlin’s Giga Market in Poland.
In January 2017, the company announced a business expansion programme affecting 100 jobs in Piła. Last year it opened stores in Wrocław (140 jobs), Jelenia Góra (152 jobs) and Mielec (115 jobs).
Leroy Merlin has been operating in Poland since 1994 and has 55 stores across the country.
Sources
17 May 2017: Property News
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 91102, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91102.
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