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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
20 June 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Polish clothing retailer LPP has announced that it will create 1,000 new jobs by the end of 2018. The company is looking for IT specialists, designers and sale staff. The source also reported the company plans to increase the production of clothes in Poland by 50%, up to 5 million pieces by the end of 2017.
LPP was founded in 1995 and currently owns 5 clothing brands (Reserved, Cropp, House, Mohito, Sinsay) and has over 1,700 stores in 18 countries, including Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Egypt.
Sources
20 June 2017: Onet Website
20 June 2017: Bankier
Citation
Eurofound (2017), LPP, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 91348, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91348.
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