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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 April 2021
Employment effect (start)
15 April 2021
Foreseen end date
14 May 2021
Description
Leroy Merlin, a home decor and gardening retail company,  announced the opening of its nineteenth store in Targoviste (Dambovita County) where it will create 100 customer service and warehouse jobs. The French retailer has a network of 18 stores  and currently has some 2,500 employees in Romania. The new store will be open by 14 May 2021.
The retailer has more than 290 home improvement stores in twelve countries across Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.
16 April 2021: Ziarul Financiar (short version of the article) (www.zf.ro)
Citation
Eurofound (2021), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 104664, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104664.
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