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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.52 - Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paints and glass
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
30 June 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
French retailer Leroy Merlin will complete the rebranding process of the bauMax stores in mid-2016, reaching a network of 16 stores by the end of next year. The company will hire another 600 people for the new units. It currently has some 1,300 employees. The long-term plan is to operate between 20 and 25 units in the local market.
Sources
4 November 2015: Ziarul Financiar
4 November 2015: Economia.net
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Leroy Merlin Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 85442, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/85442.