The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.52 - Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
16 September 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The French chain Castorama, specialised in the retail of building materials, announced the creation of over 140 jobs at its new store in Nowy Sącz.
Castorama Poland is a part of the British multinational company Kingfisher which has about 1,200 stores in 10 European countries. The company has been operating in Poland since 1997, where it has over 80 stores and employs about 11,500 people across the country.
In 2018, the company announced two expansions: in April (300 new jobs) and July (125 new jobs). In 2019, Castorama announced two business expansions: in March (145 jobs in Elbląg) and May (150 jobs in Bydgoszcz). In 2020, the chain announced one expansion: in February (110 jobs in Włocławek).
Eurofound (2020), Castorama, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 101887, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101887.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
