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.
Grenoble, Saint Etienne, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nice and Cannes, and others
Sector
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Information And Communication Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.42 - Retail sale of telecommunications equipment in specialised stores
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 December 2020
Employment effect (start)
3 December 2020
Foreseen end date
24 December 2021
Description
Hubside.Store, the new brand specialised in the sale and rental of new and refurbished multimedia products, has announced the opening of 100 points of sale in France by the end of 2021. As part of this plan, the multimedia shop network is recruiting 250 permanent employees throughout France. New openings are planned in several French cities, including Grenoble, Saint Etienne, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nice and Cannes. Hubside.Store is looking for salespeople specialising in the sale of multimedia products and services, technicians specialising in the repair of digital devices, customer assistants for the shop, and shop managers.
Hubside.Store has already opened shops in several major shopping centres in the Paris region, as well as in Lille, Rennes and Lyon.
Eurofound (2020), Hubside.Store, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 102926, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102926.
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.
