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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
28 April 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
French DIY chain Leroy Merlin has announced the creation of 140 jobs at its new store in Wrocław. The store, having an area of 10,000 m2, was opened on 28th April 2016. A week earlier the company announce the creation of 152 jobs at its Jelenia Góra store.
Leroy Merlin has been operating in Poland since 1994 and has 51 stores across the country.
Sources
28 April 2016: Property News
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87391, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87391.
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