Type
Business expansion
Country
Belgium
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Retail
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores
47.71 - Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

600 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
31 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2010
Foreseen end date

Description

H&M, big Swedish firm specialized in retail sale of clothing announced its decision to establish a new logistic centre in Belgium. This new site will create 600 jobs from 2010 to 2014.

H&M had offcially chosen Belgium for this centre but is still hesitating between different plants in the two region of the country: Flanders and Wallonia. The building of the site should last two years.


Sources

  • 1 June 2007: Le Soir

Citation

Eurofound (2007), H&M, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 65437, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65437.