Swabian dream factory concludes: What will become of the employees?

Swabian dream factory concludes: What will become of the employees?

Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Deutschland - The shopping in the Stuttgart Region continues to pick up speed in 2025. The "Swabian Dream Factory" in Leinfelden-Echterdingen will close after 16 years. The company that sells products worldwide is Maier’s Bettwaren GmbH from Bad Boll (Göppingen district). The closure is due to difficulties in the search for specialist staff. Several employees will retire this year, but no substitute could be found.

The "Swabian Dream Factory" was opened in 2009 as the second location next to Bad Boll and is not striving for steady growth with numerous branches. On January 9, a clearance sale started with discounts of up to 54 percent, but this only takes place in Leinfelden-Echterdingen and not in Bad Boll. Despite the closure, there will be no termination due to operations; Alternatively, the employees are offered to switch to the location in Bad Boll, such as Merkur reported.

shortage of skilled workers as a challenge

The shortage of skilled workers has been a challenge for many companies in Germany for years. This is also highlighted in research, for example in the study "The Skill Shortage in German Establishments Before, During and after the Great Recession", which was published by Lutz Bellmann and Olaf Hübler in 2014. This work focuses on the lack of qualified specialists in German companies. (Further information on the study can be found at de Gruyter ).

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