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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.59 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialised stores
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
13 October 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
On 13th October 2017, Polish furniture producer Agata opened a new retail site in Rumia, Poland. The site will create over 100 new jobs. Agata has also revealed that it plans to open at least three new stores per year within next three years. The company was founded as Bytomskie Fabryki Mebli (a national furniture company) in 1952; currently, Agata has 23 big-box retail stores in 20 cities across the country. The company offers a wide variety of furniture and interior design accessories.
Sources
6 October 2017: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Agata, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92350, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92350.
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