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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
18 April 2022
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2022
Foreseen end date
13 May 2022
Description
Leroy Merlin, a home decor and gardening retail company, announced the opening of a new store in Brasov (Brasov County) where it will create 100 customer service and warehouse jobs. This is the second Leroy Merlin store in Brasov. The store will be open on 13 May 2022. The French retailer has a network of 19 stores and around 2,600 employees in Romania.
The retailer has more than 800 home improvement stores in fifteen countries across Europe, Africa, Asia and South America and a total workforce of 115,000.
Eurofound (2022), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 106632, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106632.
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