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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
110 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 August 2008
Employment effect (start)
2 June 2008
Foreseen end date
31 August 2011
Description
Spanish home furnishings company Merkamueble has announced that the group is planning to expand onto the French market after opening its first store in the country in Nimes in June 2008. The company has invested a total of 10 millions euros in its French site, which also includes a warehouse and logistics facility, and plans to recruit around 110 new members of staff in Nimes over the next three years.
Merkamueble is aiming to open around 100 stores in France by 2012 and is currently looking into potential sites in Montpellier, Avignon and Marseilles.
Sources
19 August 2008: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Merkamueble France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 66982, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66982.
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