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Makro, a cash-and-carry store, is to close its site in Swansea with the loss of 112 jobs. The company attributed the decision to lower sales and a need to reduce costs. The current proposed closure date for the site is 31 May 2009.
Sources
11 February 2009: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Makro Cash & Carry, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68170, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68170.