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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
French DIY chain Leroy Merlin has announced that it will create 100 jobs at its new store in Piła in 2017. The unit is expected to be operational in early spring 2017. Leroy Merlin has been operating in Poland since 1994 and has 55 stores across the country. Last year it opened stores in Wrocław (140 jobs), Jelenia Góra (152 jobs) and Mielec (115 jobs).
Sources
27 January 2017: Nasze Miasto Piła
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90155, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90155.