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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.1 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 August 2016
Employment effect (start)
30 August 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
Multinational supermarket chain SPAR announced to hire 800 new employees in Austria in the course of taking over former Zielpunkt branches.
The Austrian subsidiary of the Dutch based retail chain SPAR will operate 28 branches (16 of which in Vienna) of Zielpunkt which declared bankruptcy in November 2015 as reported by Eurofound. The company is however facing difficulties finding personnel with suitable qualifications. Therefore, part of the former Zielpunkt staff including apprentices will be kept. Additionally, SPAR announced further investments in the training of new apprentices. So far 500 new employees were hired but the company is currently looking for additional 300 employees.
Sources
30 August 2016: Die Presse
30 August 2016: Kurier
27 August 2016: orf online
Citation
Eurofound (2016), SPAR Österreichische Warenhandels, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 88474, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88474.
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