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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
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
17 April 2018
Foreseen end date
30 June 2018
Description
French home improvement and gardening retailer Leroy Merlin has announced that it will create 120 jobs at its new store in Tarnów. The store, having an area of 11,000m2, is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2018 while the recruitment process has already started. The company will provide special training for hired employees.
Leroy Merlin has been operating in Poland since 1994 and has over 59 stores across the country.
In 2017, the company has announced four business expansion programmes affecting 100 jobs in Piła, 220 in Mirków near Wrocław, 130 in Wołomin and 160 in Wrocław.
Sources
17 April 2018: Strefa Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 93881, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93881.
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