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Bucharest (300 jobs), Botosani (300 jobs), Deva (300)
Sector
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
900 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 September 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
French retailer Carrefour has announced the opening of three new stores in three different locations: Bucharest (Bucharest region), Botosani (Botosani county, North-East region) and Deva (Hunedoara county, West region). Each store is expected to employ 300 people by the end of the year. Last year Carrefour opened only one hypermarket in Romania.
Sources
8 September 2011: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Carrefour Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 72424, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72424.
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