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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Business Support Service Activities N.E.C. 82.99 - Other business support service activities n.e.c.
125 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Maxima Group, the owner of the retail chains Maxima, intends to establish a new company Maxima International Sourcing and create 125 new jobs in Vilnius at the beginning of 2019. The new company will provide agency services to the retail chains owned by Maxima Group in the Baltic States, Poland and Bulgaria; develop private label brands; and engage in wholesale activities. The company will be established at the beginning of 2019 in Vilnius.
Maxima Group is the owner of the retail chains Maxima (in the Baltic countries), Aldik (in Poland) and T-Market (in Bulgaria), and of the Barbora e-grocery business operating in Lithuania and Latvia.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Maxima International Sourcing, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 95960, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95960.
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