The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
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
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.
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