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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 August 2010
Employment effect (start)
31 August 2010
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Maxima Eesti, the member of the international retail chain, has announced the creation of about 120 new jobs by the end of 2010 in three new stores. In addition, as a result of the increase in turnover, new employees have been hired in other stores as well. In the light of these developments, the increase in employment in the company should reach about 300 by the end of the year.
Maxima Grupe is based in the Lithuanian capital and is one of the largest employer in the Baltic States with approximately 25.5 thousand employees. Maxima has a total of 423 stores, 52 of them are located in Estonia.
Eurofound (2010), MAXIMA Eesti, Business expansion in Estonia, factsheet number 70843, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70843.
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