Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Maxi-Zoo, the French subsidiary of the German group Fressnapf, the market leader of pet supplies in Europe has announced the recruitment of 350 employees all over France in 2025. This decision is motivated by the expansion of the company with the foreseen opening of 60 new stores this year. The jobs are offered in sales, pet shop advice, and store management. The company worked on attracting new talents by redesigning its website, creating videos to explain the different job positions. It also has its own integrated training academy to ensure the learning and skills development of employees from the moment they arrive.
Their previous large recruitment in the ERM database, registered the creation of 250 jobs in 2018Maxi Zoo 2018 - FR
Eurofound (2025), Maxi Zoo, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 202569, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202569.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
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Since 2013, Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legislation has been documenting regulatory developments in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change. The most recent update to the...
