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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.54 - Retail sale of electrical household appliances
90 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Swiss investment fund Springwater Capital has acquired Electrodomésticos Miró, an electrical household appliances retailer. The acquisition will suppose the dismissal of 90 employees (16% of its entire workforce).
Electrodomésticos Miró was declared in bankruptcy in March 2014. Springwater Capital will pay € 3 million for the company’s assets. The acquisition will allow to save 67 outlets and 476 jobs.
Sources
21 September 2014: El País
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Electrodomésticos Miró, Bankruptcy in Spain, factsheet number 77580, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77580.