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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 March 2010
Employment effect (start)
15 March 2010
Foreseen end date
Description
The German retailer group Metro announced the intention to hire 600 persons for two new stores - Real Hypermarket and Metro Cash & Carry - located in South-East of Bucharest. In 2009, the group reported annual sales of EUR 2 billion and employs approximately 14,000 people in Romania.
Sources
17 March 2010: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Metro, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 70353, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70353.