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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 December 2017
Employment effect (start)
13 December 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
On 13 December 2017, the French supermarket chain Carrefour has announced a creation of 100 jobs at its new store in Warsaw. The hypermarket, with an area of 2,000 m2, is the most digitalised store of the chain in Poland. The company has implemented many new m-commerce solutions at the unit.
Carrefour has been operating in Poland since 1997. Currently, the company has four logistics centres and almost 900 stores in five formats, including 88 large-scale shops. Carrefour employs approximately 12,000 people across the country.
Sources
14 December 2017: Portal Spożywczy
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Carrefour, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92895, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92895.
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