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Transportation / Storage 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage 52.1 - Warehousing and storage
1,100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 October 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Online retailer Amazon has announced that it is to create 200 jobs at its head office and a further 900 in a newly opened distribution centre in Rugeley. The retailer has announced that the jobs have been created due to the popularity of its ebook reader the Kindle.
Sources
10 July 2011: The Telegraph
29 July 2011: Retail Weekly
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Amazon, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 72477, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72477.