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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.51 - Retail sale of textiles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 May 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2017
Foreseen end date
30 April 2018
Description
Pepco, a retail chain of discount shops offering clothing for the whole family as well as household goods and toys, will open 18 new shops in Slovenia and will create about 100 new jobs within one year. Pepco, which is part of the group Steinhoff International Holdings Limited, has already more than a thousand shops in Central European countries. The company is a new entrant in the Slovenian market and intends to open 43 new shops by 2020, of which 18 shops will be already opened within the next year in cities with at least 10,000 inhabitants.
Sources
10 May 2017: Finance, Nataša Koražija, “Nizkocenovna veriga Pepco odpira 43 trgovin in prinaša 250 delovnih mest”
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Pepco, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 90953, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90953.