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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
16 March 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
German construction, gardening and household equipment retailer OBI has announced the creation of 100 jobs at its newly opened store in Rzeszów.
OBI was founded in 1970. Currently, OBI has over 660 stores in 11 European countries. OBI has been operating in Poland since 1998; currently the company has 47 stores and employs about 4,500 workers across the country.
Sources
16 March 2017: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2017), OBI, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90642, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90642.
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