Jysk closes all stores in Norway and Sweden

Jysk closes all stores in Norway and Sweden

Jysk is to close all the chain’s stores, to invite the staff to a party. In Norway, this means that 108 stores are now closed on Saturday when 1,200 employees are invited to festivities.

The staff is going to a party

But the employees in Sweden also get the same opportunity.

— The Swedish party will be held on November 9 and we will keep all shops closed the following day, says Sandra Martinsson, communications manager for Jysk Sweden to Aftonbladet.

According to the newspaper, the party will be held in Gothenburg and so far, roughly 1,300 employees have signed up.

The party will cost tens of millions

Just the party in Norway will cost Jysk “tens of millions”, says Martina Pohjanenmanager in Norway according to a press release.

In the last financial year, the company set a revenue record of NOK 3.1 billion for its Norwegian operations.

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