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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.59 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 February 2022
Employment effect (start)
17 February 2022
Foreseen end date
15 March 2022
Description
Danish household goods retail chain Jysk is in the process of recruiting 300 employees for its new distribution centre in Ecser, Central Hungary. The centre will start operating in the middle of March 2022.
Later, depending on the turnover, the workforce may be expanded further to 500.
The investment cost of establishing the new centre is €200 million. The 143.000 square metres centre will supply stores in seven countries in Central and Eastern Europe, including Hungary.
Sources
17 February 2022: Budapest Business Journal (bbj.hu)
14 March 2020: Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (hipa.hu)
Citation
Eurofound (2022), Jysk Kereskedelmi, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 106363, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106363.
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