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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
2,200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 August 2018
Employment effect (start)
23 August 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
British global retailer Tesco has announced that it will close 13 stores across Poland and cut up to 2,200 jobs through a collective dismissal programme. The programme will affect 13 unprofitable stores in Bytom, Chorzów, Gliwice, Hrubieszów, Jelenia Góra, Kalisz, Knurów, Piaseczno, Poznań, Sieradz, Strzelin, Września and Żory.
Tesco has been operating in Poland since 1992 and currently has about 400 stores in the country. In 2018, the company announced two restructuring programmes (in February and June) resulting in a closure of 21 stores and the reduction of 840 jobs.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Tesco, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 94770, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94770.
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