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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.52 - Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paints and glass
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 June 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Home decor and gardening retail company Leroy Merlin announced plans to create over 150 jobs at its new store in Gdynia in near future. The chain has just purchased a site previously used by Tesco; the facility, consisting of about 11,000 square meters, is currently being adapted by Leroy Merlin accordingly.
The company has been operating in the country since 1994, it runs 68 stores employing over 10,000 people.
Eurofound (2021), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104908, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/104908.