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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
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
French DIY chain Leroy Merlin has announced that it will create 130 jobs at its new store in Wołomin. The store is expected to be operational in late 2017/early 2018. The company is looking for managers, customer advisors, logistics staff and cashiers.
Leroy Merlin has been operating in Poland since 1994 and has 55 stores across the country. In 2017, the company has announced two business expansion programmes affecting 100 jobs in Piła and 220 in Mirków near Wrocław. Last year it opened stores in Wrocław (140 jobs), Jelenia Góra (152 jobs) and Mielec (115 jobs).
Sources
2 June 2017: Dla handlu
21 June 2017: Dla handlu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 91260, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91260.
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