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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.59 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 December 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish furniture company Agata Meble has announced that it will create about 100 jobs at its new retail store in Zielona Góra, Poland. The unit is expected to be opened in the third quarter of 2019. Agata Meble (former Bytomskie Fabryki Mebli, a state-owned furniture company which was founded in 1952) is a private distributor of furniture and interior design accessories; the company has 26 large stores across the country giving access to products from more than 250 different manufacturers from Poland and abroad.
Previous business expansions took place in 2017 with the opening of a logistic centre in Rumia and in 2016 with the opening of two stores (one in Warszawa and one in Piotrków Trybunalski). These hirings resulted in the creation of 400 jobs in total.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Agata Meble, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 96240, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96240.
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