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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
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 July 2022
Employment effect (start)
8 July 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
The construction product chain Bauhaus is expanding its operations in Sweden by opening a new 13,000 square metre store in Växjö, Sweden. The business expansion is expected to be coupled with recruiting around 150 new staff to the store.
With company headquarters in Mannheim, Germany, Bauhaus is one of Europe’s leading construction product chains. In 2022, Bauhaus has more than 270 stores in 19 countries out of which 22 are in Sweden. In 2020, Bauhaus employed 2,690 people in Sweden.
Eurofound (2022), Bauhaus, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 107173, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107173.
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