The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods in specialised stores
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Fielmann, a German optician, has announced that it is to create 400 new jobs in 2007 by increasing the number of stores to 35. As of February 2007, there is no information on where the stores will be opened and the new jobs created. The company, which claims to be Europe's largest optician, has a production plant in Germany and stores in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Poland. In 2006, the overall staff was increased by 690 to add up to a total of 11,160.
Sources
23 February 2007: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Fielmann, Business expansion in European Union, factsheet number 64991, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64991.
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