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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 May 2012
Employment effect (start)
8 August 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
On 23 May 2012, French retail chain Castorama specialized in building materials announced plans to create 100 jobs in the new unit in Oświęcim, which will be opened on 8 August 2012. The company has also announced the start of the recruitment process. Grzegorz Juszczyk, director of the store, said the company is looking for cashiers, sales advisers and logistics employees.
The company has been operating in Poland since 1994. Castorama has about 60 stores across Poland and employs in total 10,000 people.
Sources
23 May 2012: Oświęcim online ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Castorama, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 73647, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73647.
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