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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.55 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment, tableware and other household goods
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
The Polish furniture company Agata Meble has announced that it will create about 100 jobs at its new retail store in Jelenia Góra, Poland. The company is looking for sellers, warehouse staff, service persons, fitters, cashiers, designers, decorators, conservators and managers. The unit is expected to be open at the beginning of 2021.
Agata Meble, formerly known as Bytomskie Fabryki Mebli, a state-owned furniture company which was founded in 1952, is now a private distributor of furniture and interior design accessories. Currently, the company has 29 stores across the country offering products from more than 250 different manufacturers from Poland and abroad.
In the last years, the company experienced a broad business expansion - in November 2019 100 jobs were created in Kielce, in January 2020 100 jobs created in Włocławek and in July 2020 100 jobs in Toruń.
Eurofound (2020), Agata Meble, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 102067, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/102067.