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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Leroy Merlin, a French worldwide home improvement and gardening retailer, has announced that it will create over 100 jobs at its new store in Sieradz. The company will hire cashiers, salespersons and customer advisers, among others. The unit, which will have an area of over 7,000 m2, is expected to be operational in late 2018/early 2019. Leroy Merlin has been operating in Poland since 1994; currently, the company has about 60 stores across the country.
Sources
23 April 2018: Property News
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 94017, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94017.
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