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.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 47 - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
16 March 2015
Foreseen end date
13 April 2015
Description
On 18 March 2015, German hypermarket retail chain Kaufland opened a new logistics center in Jastrebarsko, Croatia, which will employ 300 people. Kaufland Croatia employs a total of 4,000 people in 34 centres and holds the fourth market position among retail chains in the country. The construction of the logistics centre in the commercial zone of Jalševac in Jastrebarsko took one year.
Sources
18 March 2015: www.poslovni.hr
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Kaufland, Business expansion in Croatia, factsheet number 79143, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79143.
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