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 Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 47 - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
6 August 2007
Foreseen end date
6 August 2007
Description
Toys R Us, the children’s toy retailer, is to create 100 new jobs in Northern Ireland with the opening of a new outlet in Lisburn. The store, which will be based at the Sprucefield shopping centre in Lisburn, will open on 6th August 2007 and will cover an area of 30,000 square feet. Toys R Us said the opening of its third store in Northern Ireland reflected its confidence in the country. Toys R Us opened its first store in Northern Ireland in Belfast 10 years ago and opened another in Londonderry in 2006.
Sources
2 August 2007: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Toys R Us, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65671, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65671.
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