The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 47 - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 January 2019
Employment effect (start)
4 January 2019
Foreseen end date
1 January 2021
Description
Home retail company JYSK plans to create 200 jobs across 15 new stores in Ireland, over the next two years. The Danish company is opening its first store in Naas, Co Kildare in April 2019; two more stores are to open in counties Lough and Meath in May, and a fourth store in Laois in the summer.
JYSK is the largest Danish retailer operating internationally; as of January 2019, the company has 2,700 stores across 51 countries, employing 23,000 people in total.
Eurofound (2019), JYSK, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 96310, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96310.
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