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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other 47.91 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 April 2020
Employment effect (start)
28 April 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The British global technology and online retailer The Hut Group (THG) announced that it will create 250 new jobs at its distribution centre in Magnice near Wrocław, Poland. The company has seen an expansion in demand for its health, nutrition and beauty products in recent weeks and links this development to increased online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
THG owns over 100 international websites selling fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) direct to consumers. The production and warehouse facility in Magnice, Poland, has been operating since 2018, and it is the first investment of TGH in Continental Europe.
Eurofound (2020), The Hut Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 100621, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100621.
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