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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.6 - Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods 47.63 - Retail sale of sporting equipment
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
30 March 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Golf retailer American Golf has announced that it is to create 250 jobs in the UK in the next 3 years. The retailer is planning on opening 30 new stores over the next 3 years with ten opening within the first quarter of this year. The chain which has 100 stores announced a 3% increase in sales over the last year.
Sources
11 March 2013: Insider News
10 March 2013: The Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2013), American Golf UK, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75066, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75066.