Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Méditerranée; Provence-Alpes-Côte d\'Azur; Var
Location of affected unit(s)
La Valette-du-Var
Sector
Retail
Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles
Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores
47.71 - Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

350 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
4 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date
31 May 2016

Description

Clothing retailer Primark is to create 350 new jobs with the opening of a store in La Valette-du-Var near the city of Toulon. The outlet is due to open on the 13 April.  The Irish clothing retailer has already opened 7 stores in France over the last 30 months in Marseille, Dijon, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Villeneuve-La Garenne, Créteil, Lyon and Cagnes-sur-Mer. A new outlet will be opened by the end of 2016 near Lille. Three other openings are scheduled in 2017 (Metz, Toulouse and Val d’Europe near Paris).   Nearly 20 managers will also be employed, with recruitment starting later this month. Primark employs more than 16,000 people - which it plans to increase to 23,000 over the next year - in its 137 stores in the UK, Spain and Ireland.


Sources

  • 3 March 2016: LSA
  • 4 March 2016: Var Matin

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Primark, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 86652, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86652.