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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.19 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
340 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Grupa Handlowa Emperia (Emperia Trading Group) plans to dismiss 340 people (out of a total workforce of 4600) by the end of 2009. The Emperia Trading Group is one of the largest trading groups in Poland engaging in the retail and wholesale of food products, cosmetics, and household chemistry products. The Emperia Trading Group distributes FMCG products through a chain of Cash&Carry locations and Distribution Centres throughout Poland.
Sources
11 September 2009: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Emperia Trading Group, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 69529, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69529.
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