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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.55 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment, tableware and other household goods
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 May 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2016
Foreseen end date
31 May 2016
Description
Lesnina is a Slovenian wholesaler of furniture, based in Ljubljana (Osrednjeslovenska region), with affiliated companies in Croatia and Serbia. Lesnina is owned by the Austrian company XXXLutz Gruppe. It has several stores across Slovenia ( 21 in total) and some are shared by Lesnina and Mömax. Lesnina has announced business expansion in the near future. It is building a new store in Maribor, which will be ready for opening in one year. In the following year it is planning to open a new store in Nova Gorica near Slovenian-Italian border. Within one year, Lesnina plans to employ 150 new employees in the new store in Maribor and 70 employees in support activities (transportation etc).
Sources
18 May 2015: Finance
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Lesnina, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 83630, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/83630.