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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.78 - Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores
80 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 January 2019
Employment effect (start)
19 January 2019
Foreseen end date
31 January 2019
Description
Ermitazas, one of the largest retail chains for building and household supplies in Lithuania, is to create around 80 new jobs in Kaunas at the end of January in 2019. The company will officially open a second store in Kaunas on January 25 in 2019. Currently Ermitazas employs 700 employees.
Ermitazas was established in Lithuania in 2004 and after the opening of the new store the company will owe 11 stores in Lithuania. The company belongs to Vilniaus prekyba group.
Eurofound (2019), Ermitažas, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 96518, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96518.
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