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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
3 February 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Retailer Rimi Lietuva announced plans to further expand in Lithuania and create around 200 new jobs across different regions of the country by the end of 2016. The company plans to open several new stores and introduce some innovative solutions for the clients – a new personalised loyalty program as well as self-checkout machines in its supermarket and hypermarket stores. Currently Rimi Lietuva operates 52 stores with 3,481 employees.
Sources
3 February 2016: Verslo zinios
30 December 2015:
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Rimi Lietuva, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 86439, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86439.
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