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Leroy Merlin, a French worldwide home improvement and gardening retailer announced that the number of stores in Portugal will be doubled this year.
Despite the crisis, the company will open new stores in Alfragide, Maia, Matosinhos and Amadora, which will involve an investment of around 60 million euros and will create 700 new jobs.
Sources
16 March 2009: Jornal de Notícias
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 68685, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68685.