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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Information And Communication Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.42 - Retail sale of telecommunications equipment in specialised stores
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 January 2019
Description
Mobile phone provider EE has announced plans to create 400 new jobs as it plans to roll out approximately 100 new concession outlets. The announcement follows the company's deal with Sainsbury's in 2016 and means that EE will dramatically increase its presence in Argos and Sainsbury's stores. The company has decided to expand its coverage, but also believes that customers prefer the face to face service, which the concessions stores will be able to supply. It is anticipated that the 100 new concessions stores will be in place by 2019.
Sources
13 July 2017: Financial Times
13 July 2017: Insider.co.uk
Citation
Eurofound (2017), EE, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91673, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91673.
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