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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.52 - Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
18 November 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
On the 18th of November, construction, gardening and household equipment retailer OBI opened its new hypermarket in Miejsce Piastowe near Krosno (the Podkarpackie Voivodeship) and is to employ 120 people. The new opening is OBI's fortieth hypermarket in Poland and one of the largest - it covers 10,500 square meters of sale and warehouse space. OBI has been operating in Poland since 1998.
Sources
17 November 2011: Portal Spożywczy ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), OBI, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 72758, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72758.
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