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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco In Specialised Stores 47.2 - Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 December 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Lithuanian retailer Norfos mazmena announced plans to create around 100 new jobs across different regions of Lithuania in 2019. According to the management, the company plans to further expand and will open 10 new stores in Lithuania in 2019. The investments in the new stores will amount to €15 million. Currently Norfos mazmena runs 143 retail stores under the name Norfa which employ 3,298 people in Lithuania.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Norfos mazmena, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 96172, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96172.
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