Decathlon

Type
Business expansion
Country
Belgium
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Verviers, Evere, Turnhout, Tournai, Gosselies, Sterpenich, Ostende, Alost, St-Nicolas, Gand (sud), Hasselt, Malines
Sector
Wholesale / Retail
47 - Retail trade
47.6 - Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods
47.63 - Retail sale of sporting equipment
1,300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
22 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
31 October 2013
Foreseen end date
31 May 2018

Description

French sporting goods chain Decathlon is to create 1,300 new jobs in Belgium. The management plans the opening of 15 new stores in Belgium by 2018. Decathlon currently employs 1,700 people and plans to open a new outlet by the end of 2013 in Verviers and two other ones during 2014 in Evere and Turnhout.

Sources

  • 22 May 2013: Le Soir
  • 22 May 2013: La Libre

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Decathlon, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 75439, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75439.