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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 October 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
On 3 October 2012, the Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo announced its intention to recruit 1,000 employees in 2013 in France. Uniqlo is expanding strongly in France and will open a number of new stores.
Uniqlo is operating 1,100 stores worldwide.
Sources
3 October 2012: Le Monde
Citation
Eurofound (2012), UNIQLO France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 74252, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74252.