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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 June 2011
Employment effect (start)
2 June 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
On 2 June 2011, construction, gardening and household equipment vendor OBI opened a new hypermarket in Poznań, where 150 people are expected to be hired. This is their first shop in Poznań (as well as in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship) and thirty-seventh in Poland. OBI has been operating since 1998 in Poland and the company plans further business expansions in Poland.
Sources
2 June 2011: Portal Spożywczy ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), OBI, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 72047, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72047.
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